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added to it, to make it more nutritious during the 

 growing period of the pig. 



As to the use of dish water, people must do as 

 they please. I prefer to use it for fertilizing purposes, 

 on sod, as its soapy constituents cannot have much real 

 food value. Fresh clean water is better for the hogs. 

 If the dishes are carefully cleaned before being washed 

 the dish water will contain but small traces of food. 



The pig pen for one should be movable, so as to 

 be easily and thoroughly cleaned. It should not be a 

 rat harbor. It should afford warm and dry shelter to 

 the pig. And, finally, it should be built with the idea 

 of saving all the manure that is produced. 



It is not necessary to construct a costly building. 

 Posts may be lightly planted, with a view to the future 

 shifting of the house and the pen, and the ground given 

 to the pig one year may next year be plowed or spaded 

 up and planted with vegetables. 



No elaborate care of the manure is necessary, but 

 if it be daily or frequently scraped up and put under 

 the temporary shelter afforded by a few boards it will 

 be found to accumulate very rapidly ; and being 

 mixed somewhat with soil it will be in excellent order 

 for preservation. In feeding try a little bone meal, in 

 a box separate from the feeding-trough. If the bone 

 meal fails to satisfy the animal's craving for bone- 

 making food (if such be the object in rooting) try 

 wheat middlings. Possibly charcoal and salt will quiet 

 the pig. Try these several things before using the half- 

 cruel ring. 



The shed need not be expensive. The floor should 

 lift out bodily, which will make it easy to hunt the rats 



