16 Rearing and Fattening of Pigs. 



per lb., the advantage also rests with the so-called bacon-pig. 

 If all these advantages are totalled, it has been proved that 

 ' 5 per cent, is saved by feeding the bacon-hog as compared 

 with the thick, short, blocky lard-pig, or as much as will 

 frequently make all the difference between a profit and a loss 

 on the fatting of a lot of pigs when pork is low in price. 



It cannot be too forcibly nor too frequently pointed out to pig- 

 keepers that more attention should be paid to the type of 

 pig which they breed and fatten. I well remember the remark 

 of an old customer of mine, that so long as he kept really 

 good pigs only, he could make pork at a profit, but that the 

 fatting of bad-bred pigs almost always resulted in a loss — if not 

 of money of temper. There is little doubt that both pleasure 

 and profit can always be obtained in the breeding and feeding 

 of good pigs. 



Sanders Spencer. 



