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seald it with boiling water before mixing with the meal. 
As a substitute for roots, the soaked or steeped alfalfa 
would be preferable to the dry hay. Alfalfa or clover hay 
may be fed along with roots, and will be found to give 
good results if the feeder takes care to supply a reason- 
able amount of concentrated feed to make the ration sufficiently 
nourishing. 
Summer management is usually simpler than winter. A 
pasture lot provided with shade is one of the best places to 
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keep a boar. The grass or clover, or whatever the pasture may 
consist of, will furnish the bulky, succulent feed necessary for 
health, and gathering part of his food from pasture compels 
the boar to take exercise. If it is not possible to provide the 
pasture, he should be liberally supplied with green feed in his 
pen. 
The quantity of meal to feed a boar will vary with circum- 
