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are not good for hogs, Lut there is no doul^t that charcoal and 

 wood ashes have a heneficial effect. Charcoal made from eorn- 

 coljs answers verv well. It is a good practice to supply hogs 

 with charcoal, especially during the winter months, bnt, if the 

 liDgs ha\'e not had any cliarcoal for a considerable time and 

 are then given a liberal supply, there is danger that they may 



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t;ike too much for their own good. The same caution must 

 l>o observed in regard to salt. 



If charcoal is not available, a very good mixture, to keep 

 constantly before hogs in small troughs made for tlie purpose, 

 can be nuide up of one part salt, one part sidphur, and about 

 ten parts wood ashes. 



Sods make a very fair substitute for charcoal. A wairon- 



