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Show Heated Water Helps j . Porkers Make Gains For winter hog production. exp'Ti tnents carried on last winter at the Iowa experiment station showed that J heated waler in aut'Oiiaiic hog w;iii r-ers r-ers paid good dividends by helping the porkers make quicker and cheaper rains. Siu-li heiiters use a small kcr- j osene lamp to heat the water and are very inexpensive to operate. Pigs hav- j Ing access to these heated waterers gained a per cent more in the same period, the amount of f ed per 100 pounds of gain was reduced in per cent and the cost of production was reduced G cents per 10 pounds, or 10 per cent. |