| Show hogging down corn has I 1 three big advantages the advantages to bo be gained from hogging down corn may bo be briefly summed bummed up under three heads first of all and one that la Is of utmost importance tit nt the present tinie time Is that tant the practice to Is ideal from it a labor sav ing standpoint every farmer fanner la Is aware of the amount of man and horse labor that la Is required to cut husk haul and crib corn and then teed feed it out to the hogs hoga in tho the pen the expense ot of these operations may bo be largely saved and nt at the time of tho the year when there la Is usually a great rush of out of door bloor work then there Is the fertility problem if that hat must be considered in feeding corn com in tho the pen there la Is almost always a waste of valuable fertility if any of the manure ninde made Is returned to tile tho soil moll it la is accomplished tit it quite nn an expense and only after many hours honra of 0 laborious and not altogether pleasant work when harvesting their own corn the hogs are making manure and depositing it directly upon the land they are also leaving cornstalks corn stalks where they may bo be turned under without first being hauled out to the field the general health of any farm animal la Is always to bo be considered in hogging down corn the animals receive it a great deal of exercise which keeps them hem contented and vigorous instead of rooting around in sloppy pig yards yarda as Is often tile the cast case they ore are working in clean fields which na its one may observe la Is of no small benefit to them |
