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the following^ an excellent diet : equal quantities of bean, maize, 
barley, and wheat meals. To three parts of this mixed meal add 
one part of dan or sharps ; if it is desired to push the pigs a 
little linseed-cake or spiced food may be added ; scald it and 
use it as for young- pigs. For Show pigs, and others when getting 
ripe,tlie practice of stuffing or ball-feeding is an excellent plan, and 
attended with good results. The plan pursued is as follows : — 
after each meal mix, according to the number of pigs, a pailful 
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or two of the mixed meal with skim or new milk, and roll it 
into balls the size of an egg ; have a pail with a little milk in it, 
so that each ball may be dipped into it before being offered to 
the pigs. After a few meals they will sit on their haunches and 
be fed like so many children. Each pig, after his meal of the 
thinner food in the trough, will eat about a gallon of the food in 
balls. Regular feeding is of great consequence, for if allowed to 
get uneasy and squeal lor food, the animal makes little progress. 
Although, as previously observed, the sow requires very gentle 
and careful treatment, especially during the period of pregnancy, 
the treatment of the boar is of still greater importance, and this 
