290 Animal Husbandry 
472. Feeding the lard-hog in summer. — As a rule, swine should 
be fed in comparatively small droves. It is very important that 
the drove be made up of individuals of the same age as well as 
the same size. If a few of the individuals are larger and stronger, 
they will crowd the smaller and weaker ones back and get more 
than their allotment of the food. 
Whatever food-stuffs are used, the swine should be put on full 
feed slowly. Fattening swine make better returns for the food 
consumed when their appetites are 
kept keen; they wait eagerly for 
their food and relish it much bet- 
ter than when overfed. If conven- 
ient, they should be fed both mash 
and dry grain. Nothing makes a 
better food for swine than meal and 
Fie. 117. — A thick, fat porker. skim-milk. 
Swine will make much better re- 
turns for the food consumed if they have access to green forage. 
Where fattening hogs are turned to pasture, it must be so ar- 
ranged that they need not graze over too large an area. If at 
all convenient, it will be more profitable to cut the green forage 
and feed to the hogs. In this way a smaller area will support a 
large number of hogs, and the swine need not rustle to get the 
much needed succulence. 
It is very important that fattening swine be provided with shade 
and an abundance of cool, fresh water. The sebaceous glands of 
the hog are very rudimentary, and the animal cannot perspire 
and therefore must keep cool by radiation. This is one reason 
why hogs desire mud wallows, and for best results these must be 
provided, particularly for thick, fat animals, which suffer greatly 
with the heat during the warm summer months. To avoid the 
extreme heat of summer many swine feeders plan to have the 
animals fat by the first of July, when they are sold. 
473. Feeding the lard-hog in winter. — When roots or other 
