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Show SELF-FEEDERS ARE POPULAR Devices Eliminate Great Portion of Labor Involved and Insure Unifor-i Results. Self-feeders for Ijogs have come Into great popularity among farmers and feeders largely because they eliminate a great portion of tho labor Involved In feeding and Insure more uniform results and gains from the hogs. Hogs In the wild state were self-fed animals, living upon such feeds as would satisfy their appetites, and under un-der domestication they seem to thrive best when fed by the same principle. The marked success of the self-feeding principle of hog raising is largely due to the fact that they may eat an abundance of those feeds which will nourish them to the best advantage. The self-feeder should be designed primarily to. keep an available supply of grain constantly before the hogs, and at the same time protect the contents con-tents against waste due to wind and rain. A self-feeder consists of a hopper hop-per to hold the feed and a trougli below be-low It Into which Ihe grain flows as the hogs eat It. Complete plans fort the Iowa self-feeder can be obtained from the extension department, Iowsi State college, Ames, Iowa. |