THE HOG UPON THE FARM 5 
for substances that are completely neglected on many farms. 
Even the cottager frequently utilizes him to obtain a cash 
return from kitchen refuse and table scraps. It is as a con- 
sumer of by-products and so-called worthless materials that 
the hog shows to the best advantage from the stand-point of 
profit. 
Marketing Home-grown Feeds.—The farmer who raises 
most of his own feed is in a much better position to feed hogs, 
or any other class of stock, than the man who has to purchase 
all his feed. The farmer who grows his own feed may not 
get any more than market prices for the grain or other produce 
consumed by the hogs, and may still have a fair profit through 
selling his produce at market prices in the form of pork; but the 
man who buys his feed can have for profit only what he obtains 
in excess of the market value of the feeds consumed by the 
hogs. Thus the farmer who grows his feed has two sources 
of profit, namely, the grower’s profit, or the profit obtained by 
selling his produce at market price; together with the feeder’s 
profit, or what he obtains for his produce in excess of market 
price by selling it in the form of pork. The man who has 
to buy all the produce which he feeds his hogs can have only 
the feeder’s profit, and under unfavorable conditions this profit 
may be so small that it will scarcely pay for the labor involved. 
Raising Pigs.~—Another point worthy of consideration is 
the fact that under favorable conditions and skilful manage- 
ment. young pigs can be raised for feeding at a lower cost 
than that for which they can be bought. This point will be 
dealt with more fully in Chapter X XVII, but is mentioned 
here as one of the factors which help to explain why some 
people can make hog feeding profitable, while others cannot. 
One of the great difficulties in connection with the swine 
industry is the fact that so many people are not content to 
