THE HOG UPON THE FARM 7 



On Dairy Farms. — The liog fits in cspeeially well upon 

 dairy fanns where skim milk, Initterniilk, or wlioy has to be 

 fed upon the farm. Perhaps no animal will give as high 

 returns for dairy hy-products eonsiniieil, as the hog, and no 

 feed gives a finer quality of Ijacon than daii'v liy-prodncts. It 

 is also worthy of note that the maiL who has skim milk is in a 



Fig. 2. — Poland-China barrr)\v, flKuiipion at the Iiitornationa! Exposition. This hog repre- 

 sents practically' perfection of form Ironi a lard hog standijoint. 



better position to raise pigs than the unin vlio has none, for 

 the reason that it is diihcult to find a satisfaetury sidwtitute 

 for skim milk for j'oung pigs JTist after weaning. 



Pure-bred Hogs. — What has been said in the preceding 

 paragraphs has no reference to the raising of pnredn-ed hogs 

 for breeding purposes, but ap])lies sim])ly to the production 

 of market hogs. The breeders of purc-bi-ed hogs understand 



