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amount of meal and milk it takes per day to produce 1 lb. 

 of meat, and the yield of milk per cow. Without going 

 into much detail it may be said that a pig gains much more 

 rapidly after it attains a certain age. Thus a small animal 

 of 40 lb. should increase about j- lb. per day, and a larger 

 one, about seven months old or 180 lb. live weight, should 

 gain if lb. per day. The larger animal, of course, consumes 

 the greater quantity of food, yet the amount eaten per 100 lb. 

 increase in live weight is less. Again the breed, the mixing and 

 quality of food, all bear upon the case, but given ordinary skill 

 and assuming 5 to 6 lb. of meal with 3 gallons of separated milk 

 to yield 1 lb. of pork, the output will probably be between eight 

 and 10 score of pork and bacon per cow per annum, or say one 

 and a half pigs per cow. It might reasonably be suggested that 

 the more economical plan is to feed all the pigs to the greater 

 weight, but local conditions of the trade must be taken into 

 consideration. 



To rear pigs successfully requires a certain amount of 

 skill, the food suitable for one age and object being unsuit- 

 able for another. Sows when with young litters should be 

 fed on sharps and milk, which can be gradually replaced by 

 fine barley meal and bran. Ground oats and bran also make 

 an excellent mash for brood sows. Care must be taken to 

 avoid giving anything that will be likely injuriously to affect 

 the milk of a suckling animal, and for this reason unsound 

 food or house refuse must be avoided. The pigs for small 

 pork should not be allowed much exercise, their sty should be 

 kept dry, and if it has a yard opening to the south so much the 

 better. Separated milk and oatmeal should be the foundation 

 food. Such pigs, if constantly kept in, must be given a supply 

 of cinders ; and it is advisable also now and then to keep them 

 short of food, and then add a little sulphur to their next meal. 

 To give them good appetites and make and keep them fat are 

 the main objects, and no surplus food should be kept standing 

 before them. For store pigs and breeding animals a large 

 amount of freedom is desirable. The youngsters can soon be 

 enticed to eat a little from a small trough placed out of reach 

 of the sow; toppings, or toppings with a little sifted barley 

 meal, are suitable foods. At six weeks old the pigs can be 

 allowed to run out in fine weather, and will soon eat a small 



