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Show FENCING FOR HOG PASTURES Material Slump in Profits If Animals Are Confined to Pens Make Barrier "Plo-Tlght" Tho raising of hogs calls for the fencing in of a field or two for hop pasture, for every hogkeeper well knows thut there is a very materlnl slump In tho profits in pork-growiug if the hogs nro kept in pens' or small runs, obtaining no food t-xcept that given them. Of the three prime es sentials in a hog pasture namely pasturage, wnter supply and fenet. the fence is of more Importance than most of us realize until a stiff bit of experience sets us Uiinulng. The hog-lot hog-lot fence, of all frtnees on the farm, needs to be built substantially and "plg-tlght." Any hog pasture fence that is put up hurriedly and somewhat indifferently Is ndetnmi-nt to nil concerned con-cerned to the rest of tho farm, to the fanner and to tho hogs, even. |