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portion to live weight commands a premium in the mar- 
ket places. Hogs of this type may be fattened to the 
‘limit, and a ration that produces fat with a moderate 
amount of lean is acceptable. For this reason corn has 
become the most popular hog food, and the fat hog 
industry a profitable business in the corn states. The 
limit in fattening is more a matter of profit than of 
nature of product. The lard type of hogs may be fed 
to weigh 250 pounds and up, but the bacon trade demands 
a hog weighing 190 pounds and under. 
READY TO BE WEANED 
These pigs were early induced to eat slop and pasture. The weaning period will, 
therefore, not interfere with their steady growth and development. 
7. Weaning pigs——The weaning season is more or less 
critical with young swine. Loss in growth always fol- 
lows a setback at this time. When young pigs have 
learned to take slop freely, made of shorts or middlings 
and skim milk, they are ready for weaning without a 
serious check to their growth. Pigs may be weaned 
at the age of eight weeks. If they cannot be given 
