THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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BEING BROUGHT UP ON THE BOTTLE 



A foundling of the sty finds a solicitous guardian in this member of a Texas pig club. 

 The hungry little wee-wee will reward its master by proving a most interesting and harmless 

 pet, and when it has outgrown its playful ways it will enrich the family larder and the boy's 

 purse. 



which gained 18 pounds, 21 pounds, 27 

 pounds, and 24 pounds in four consecu- 

 tive weeks. 



When Walter's pig was six months and 

 seven days old it weighed 297 pounds, 

 and on its eighth-month birthday it tipped 

 the scales at 456 pounds. The average 

 daily gain was 2.35 pounds, at a cost of 

 nine and one-tenth cents a pound. George 

 Barker, of Yeddo, Indiana, has a record 



of a daily gain of 2.24 pounds for his pig, 

 at a cost of seven and three-tenths cents 

 a pound, while the pig of Samuel Evans, 

 Brazil, Indiana, gained two pounds a day 

 during the feeding period, at a cost of 

 six and two-tenths cents a pound. 



In the Southern States, where pastur- 

 age is more abundant and dependence 

 upon corn for fattening food is not so 

 great, the cost of gain per pound is less. 



