234 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Ocr., 1902. 
Now, it is time to close this lesson. I have endeavoured to show you how 
to feed for profit, but bear in mind that all pig-breeders do not think in the 
same manner. ‘There is a Latin proverb which means “ Many men, many 
minds.” That is, different people have different ideas. So do not think that [ 
want you to accept what I have told you as being the only possible right way 
to breed and feed pigs for protit. You will, as you go on, pick up many 
valuable ideas from practical breeders, which may be quite opposed to what is 
here stated, and will yet be right. 
Questions on Lesson 14. 
1. What is the first thing to be considered when starting at pig- 
breeding ? 
. What are the good points of a pig ? 
. What does long silky hair on the pig denote ? 
. What class of bacon and hams is most in demand in the meat trade? 
- Which breed of pigs is generally most suitable for this State ? 
. In choosing the boar and the sows, what precautions should be taken? 
. At what age should the sow be bred ? . 
. How may young pigs be protected from being accidentally crushed 
by the mother ? ; 
9. When may the little pigs be weaned ? 
10. Why do some sows eat their young? How may this habit be 
prevented ? . 
11. Name some diseases of pigs, and the remedies for them. What isa 
general remedy ? 
12. Describe the symptoms of Swine Fever. 
13. How should pigs be housed? Draw a diagram of a suitable piggery. 
14. State how you would feed—(a) the brood sow; (0) the bacon pig; 
(c) little pigs after weaning. 
15. Which is the better food for the production of pork—Boiled Mangolds 
with kitchen swill, or Boiled Mangolds and crushed barley ? What difference 
is there in the result of these feeds with respect to increase of weight of flesh 
by their use ? 
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FARM FODDER—COCKY CHAFF. 
Some time ago we advocated the use of “cocky chaff” as fodder for 
stock, and we were met with objections which, in the light. of the present 
drought conditions, appear quite too absurd. Wheaten chaff is to-day much 
appreciated, and analysis has shown that as far as feeding value is concerned 
there is nothing to choose between the husk or cocky chaff and wheaten chaff. 
Of course, neither wheaten straw nor cocky chaff can compare with oaten straw 
in the way of heat and fat production. ‘The latter contains 25 per cent. more 
nutriment, and is nearly four times as rich in digestible flesh-formers. Still, 
cocky chaff is not at all to be despised at a time when we hear that cattle are 
being fed on sawdust and molasses, prickly pear, bottle-tree, ironbark leaves, 
&e. There is one thing about cocky chaff worth noting. It can be stacked— 
that is, piled in heaps on the field and covered with a rough thatch, and remain 
perfectly dry, for rain will scarcely penetrate even an unthatched heap. Now, 
as to the relative cost of wheaten chaff and husk chaff. Both are of equal 
value, but the former is much more expensive to prepare. The wheaten straw 
requires to be cut, bound, threshed, and chaffed, whereas the cocky chaff 
requires no such manipulation once it has passed through the thresher. 
And here we may note that by the use of the harvester the 
chaff is not saved. It is scattered over the field and lost, but 
when wheat is low in price it is necessary to use the harvester. Can 
anything be done to enable the farmer to use the harvester and yet save the 
chaff? According to the Sydney Mail we are on the eve of such an improve- 
ment. That journal says:—“It is surely unfair to condemn the combined 
