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FEEDING AND MANAGE^MENT 



the meal ration, and wheat middlings or hran may be nsed to 

 dilute the corn meal without oats. In cold weather, if sows 

 have a good deal of out-door exercise, they may be fed more 

 com with safety than when they have to be kept pretty closely 

 confined. 



A meal ration which is preferred by the writer to all others 

 is equal parts ground oats and middlings, leaving out corn 



Flo. 51. — Three-year-old Chr\sler white sow, winner of numeroua prizes. 



altogether. It is possible, however, to use a wide variety of 

 feeds, 'so long as the feeder realizes the importance i>f furnish- 

 ing considerable bulk and of restricting the proportion of 

 heating or highly fattening feeds. 



As in the case of tlie boar, tlie sow rcqiiires something 

 besides meal, and the funiishing of some such feeds as roots, 

 or alfalfa or red clover hay, is e\'en more important than in 



