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In addition to the feeding and watering, there are other little atten- 

 tions that must not be overlooked. 



Pigs carried along In this way and fed and attended to in the above 

 manner, should make rapid growth and development, and if desired to 

 be kept for breeders, this same treatment can be carried on during the 

 first year. If it is planned to put them on an early market, and at a 

 weight of from 200 to 250 pounds, the ration can be somewhat changed 

 for the last sixty days by using more corn and a little less of the other 

 kinds of feed. 



It is a well-known fact that the first one hundred pounds of growth of 

 any hog is made at a much less expense than any other subsequent one 

 hundred pounds. So it is economy to feed all the good feed that can 

 be properly digested from birth to maturity. 



There are feeders, and always have been, and probably always will 

 be, who pay little attention to their pigs during the growing period of 

 the first six months, believing that if they are turned out into any old 

 pasture and can get water to drink, that they can grow a frame and 

 some size at little or no cost. 



This may be satisfactory to that class of men, but it has always been 

 our plan and belief that the mother's milk fat of the little pig should 

 never be lost, but be increased by liberal and proper rations during its 

 entire life. 



Some men think that when a pig is to be shipped some distance he 

 must be stuffed with an unusually large feed the morning he is to leave. 

 This is a mistake. 



On receiving a pig that has been shipped a long distance, do not 

 expect to see him come out of the crate looking like he was just from 

 a bandbox, for naturally he will be gaunt, somewhat dirty and probably 

 quite tired. Brush him off nicely, put him in a place by himself and 

 give him a drink of fresh water, after which give him a very light 

 feed, only a little at first, of a nicely mixed ration of rich slop. Then 

 let him alone until he is rested, or until the next feeding time comes, 

 when you may give him a little more feed than you did the first time; 

 .thus you will gradually bring him up to his full feed. 



Notice on receiving the pig, if he seems constipated; if so, give him 

 two tablespoonsful of Epsom Salts in his feed and let him take a little.- 

 exercise where there is some grass. 



It is a good thing when ordering a pig from a breeder, to ask how 

 the pig has been fed, and if you can do so, continue about the same 

 ration he has been getting. If you wish to change to a different system 

 of feeding, do so very gradually, and you will not be disappointed. If 

 you should overfeed the pig on the start, everything will go wrong, and 

 you will be very much disappointed later. 



