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i a cost, and to breed the best sorts. In fact, the breed of our pigs has 
| Neo erfully improved of late years, but still there is room for improvement. 
Nie three points are worthy of study by the breeder or feeder. First, is a 
| oe th ut vigorous disposition—that is, a good feeder and contented disposition, 
a at will fight for his food but not be everlastingly squealing for more ; second, 
 Well-shaped, short-legged pig, not a steeplechaser, or it will be a job to keep it 
also @sty; perhaps, also (though it is a minor point), not too much hair, and 
mu small head set close to the shoulder. As to feeding, this is the most 
Teant item of all, and I am not capable of giving any advice, except to feed 
1 tan ut yet not too well. The most successful pig-feeder will be found in the 
| and an 0 gives his pigs a good comfortable yard or sty, kept as dry as possible, 
I he fy 0 feeds them three times a day with plenty, but not too much, as it will 
i\: indigent that a pig once surfeited (and they are very likely to do this if fed 
Osh eanately) will go back for days before they recover. As to what is the 
. prolitable food is a question which everyone must find out for himself, and 
| ie ae depend upon the business ability of the feeder and the state of his 
| that « Many farmers are feeding with wheat, and it will doubtless be found 
| Yer Some of our surplus wheat will go away in pork. No doubt pigs fatten 
| vig Yapidly upon it, especially when crushed, but I think if one were going into 
tik as a Veaene nt thing, and wheat was likely to keep at the present prices, 
} fed to 22m Would be to have it cut with the binder and carefully stacked and 
| Pe the pigs, straw and all, as they would eata good lot of the straw and chaff 
| like 't, which would cause it to digest better, besides going further, and be less 
@ a to kill them, which it will do if not very carefully fed raw. There is no 
other food for pigs than skim milk, as it is such a splendid thing to mix with 
feng ood, and it is also worthy of thought whether it is not worth while 
-it aa in with a pig-proof fence a few acres in some moist gully to be highly 
| med and sown with early and late green feed to be fed off with pigs; or 
With crop of green feed, and then peas, to be fed on the ground any way. 
ot our splendid climate for such things and cheap grains we ought to see this 
ther 8 Xpand until we export pork to all the world, and be able to raise it as 
Y 48 anywhere in the world. 
| ven a Downing, at the same meeting, said he had proved it to be possible to 
| peace apig. Regularity in feeding should be strictly observed when. fat- 
| Sany animal in the stall, giving all that it will eat of a given quality at 
) tach and gradually increasing in quality of food until the desired standard is 
a8 at ed. Generally the appetite is not so voracious after a few weeks’ feeding 
Polls rst, and consequently they should be fed oftener with smaller quantities. 
Wag td is by far the best’ of any for fattening purposes. When whole grain 
_* ted to pigs he found they grew more quickly. 
: FEEDING BACON PIGS. 
| ‘aca Correspondent, writing to the National Stockman, says :—Next to the 
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