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fatten the pigs sufficiently for market. By the term 

 by-products, is meant such products of the farm as can- 

 not be marketed in their present form. Grain shat- 

 tered in the stubble fields, melons and pumpkins 

 which have been found unsalable and left in the field, 

 the aftermath of clover, skim-milk, cracklings, and table 

 refuse all have a place in the pig's diet, and can be mar- 

 keted through the pigs more profitably than through 

 any other kind of stock. Too few pigs will not use all the 

 waste of the farm while too many will require an excessive 

 amount of high-priced grain. A good rule, but one subject 

 to many exceptions, is to raise one pig for each dairy 

 cow on the dairy farms and one pig to each five to ten 

 acres of grain on the grain farms. If this rule were uni- 

 versally followed, the western markets would be liberally 

 supplied with pork and every pig, not mismanaged, would 

 return a profit. 



