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only up to a certain point. This point ranges from 175 
to 250 pounds, depending on circumstances—the market 
price of hogs, and the sale value of feed. In these days 
few hogs are fed until they attain a weight of 400 or 
500 pounds. If they are so fed every pound of gain 
costs twice as much as it fetches in the market. 
5. Early feeding.—The first food of the pig is milk; and 
milk is a narrow ration. Soon after birth additional food 
is demanded that will admit the gradual introduction of 
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the carbohydrate ingredients. Middlings, shelled corn, 
or corn meal may each be profitably used If skim milk 
is available, it will supply abundant protein, but corn 
meal, middlings or shorts should be added also. This 
combination is easily furnished as “slop,” which may 
be continued even until the beginning of the fattening 
period. 
6. Creeps for little pigs—Young pigs during their 
suckling days will do best if fed additional slop in a sep- 
