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Show Husking Corn With Hogs Most Economical Plan IJow times change! Thirty years ago turning a bunch of shotes In the corn field to help themselves would have, been looked upon as a lazy man's way of harvesting the crop. Today one Is behind the times if he does not know something about hogging hog-ging down corn. Manv experiments have proved the economy of the practice prac-tice when rightly done. A suitable supplement is of greatest importance. If good forage is available near the corn, it will serve a very useful purpose. pur-pose. Alfalfa, rape, and clover are best in the order named. If forage is not available, tankage or skim milk is best. A mixture of tankage 70 parts, linseed meal in parts, and shorts 15 parts is better than tankage alone. Skim milk is fed at a rate of 3 lbs. for each pound of corn consumed con-sumed or about a ge.llon and a half per heed daily. |