PRACTICAL PAPERS—PORK RAISING. 
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small, or where movable fences are used when but few hogs 
are kept. 
For winter feeding, where the corn is hard, it has been my 
experience that it is much more profitable to shell, grind and 
cook it before giving it to the hogs. I use Anderson’s steamer 
for this purpose, and save at least one-third the corn by it, be¬ 
sides fattening the hogs in a much shorter time. Mixing the 
meal with coarser food has the same effect as the clover—giv¬ 
ing greater depth of side, and consequently an increased weight. 
The use of grass, clover and other green food has made pork¬ 
raising more profitable, but I think much might still be added 
to the profit by a better preparation of the food ; mixing the 
more concentrated with the coarser kinds; cooking; increasing 
the variety, and substituting less expensive kinds in place of 
all corn. The uncertainty of our seasons and the changes in 
our markets, make it necessary for farmers to practice econ¬ 
omy in labor and food, and as much as possible to keep their 
stock in such condition as to be available for market at any 
time, if they would raise pork with profit. 
21— Ag. Tit. 
