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much toward rounding the hog out, increasing the 

 weight, and adding to the firmness of the flesh. 



The taste and skill of the owner must determine 

 how best to put on the finishing touches whether to 

 seek for additional fat by heavy feeding of corn or 

 only to seek for a little more plumpness to a hog 

 already in good condition. There is a general belief 

 that corn has a decided influence in improving and 

 sweetening the pork, and it is very common to finish 

 the feeding in the way suggested, though many feed- 

 ers give some swill even to the last. 



Butchering in one-hog establishments is some- 

 times done in the old-fashioned way, with every detail 

 performed at home ; but now-a-days, in the Eastern 

 states, it is perhaps more common to send the animal 

 to a slaughter-house and pay a dollar for having it 

 killed and dressed. 



SCRAPS WORTH SAVING. 



A dry shed and a dry bed. 



Feed only what will be eaten up clean. 



Water is the cheapest element of pork. 



Leaves make good bedding, but straw is better. 



A squealing pig is cold, hungry or uncomfortable. 



Spare no trouble to start with good juveniles. It is half the 

 battle. 



Remember: $12 worth of manure for each pig per year, if 

 not wasted. 



If a hog's manure is worth $12 per year, as estimated by 

 U. S. bulletins, it amounts to just a dollar a month. Do you get 

 such a dividend ? 



Lice multiply in muggy weather, amid unclean surround- 

 ings. Receive them with lard scented with kerosene or tobacco. 

 Then clean the pen carefully and use fresh bedding. 



