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corn is the only grain necessary. Fattening hogs can be kept on 
such pastures almost up to the finish. 
13. Last stage of fattening—Hogs very heavy with fat 
should not be required to roam about for food. Hence, 
during the final stage of fattening, the smaller the pasture 
or feed lot the less the loss because of this needless ex- 
penditure of energy. A great many of the most success- 
ful feeders take the fattening hogs from pasture to the 
feed lot. In most cases corn is the exclusive feed. Wa- 
ter should be at hand at all times, or available at fre- 
quent intervals. Rations containing one part of tankage 
or meat meal or soy bean meal to eight or ten parts of 
corn, unless corn is low in value, will produce a more 
rapid and cheaper growth than corn will alone. 
14. Making good bacon.—Feeding stuffs greatly influ- 
ence the quality of bacon. Oily grains have the 
strongest effect. To get good bacon, these oily grains 
CHOICE BACON 
These pigs average 180 pounds. They were fed a ration consisting of corn, 
wheat middlings and tankage. They will make choice bacon because they are not 
too fat, and their food contained considerable protein. 
