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Corn Silage may be fed to brood sows' suckling pigs as this 

 feed exerts the same influence on milk production as roots. On 

 farms where this feed is available it may be utilized. 



Following the Cattle. — In those sections where corn is exten- 

 sively grown and fed to cattle, it is common to have shotes weigh- 

 ing 90-150 lbs. follow the cattle and glean the droppings. About 



Fig. 21.— Chester white sow — after Plumb. 



15 shotes are allowed to 10 steers. Sometimes the number of 

 shotes is increased when a large amount of grain is fed or scat- 

 tered. Two feeding lots are often provided and the hogs are 

 turned into the lot that the steers occupied the previous day. In 

 the fall and early winter the shocked or snapped corn is scattered 

 about the pasture and the steers eat all they wish. Considerable 



