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Show Minerals Valuable for Hogs in Winter Season Minerals are particularly valuable for hogs when there Is no green feed available, and when the hogs are be- ing fattened on corn with vegetable proteins being used to supplement the corn. Minerals are riot quite so essential es-sential where the hogs are on some good forage or when the corn is being supplemented with tankage, fish meal, or dairy by-products. However, from practically all available evidence, it has been found beneficial to feed some minerals no matter what other feeds are used, and the addition of the minerals min-erals has resulted in a saving of feed, particularly of the high-priced protein feeds. |