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Show IS FOOD-PRODUCING MACHINE Self-Feeder System Permits Hogs to Est Grain at Will Either In Pasture Pas-ture or Dry Lots. (Prepared by the United Btatea Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) The hog should be considered as n machine for turning feedstuffs Into pork. The more quickly this result enn be accomplished the more profitable It Is for the owner. It is u common belief that If the grain fed to hogs on pasture Is limited, more forage will be eaten and cheaper gains produced. This be- sVfH1 '-'" " ' 'a It ' c??' , T iH0KKaMstasew Food-Producing Machine in Operation. lief is not substantiated by the feeding tests that have been conducted nt several sev-eral agricultural experiment stations. A full feed of grain to bogs on good pasture not only produces the most rapid gains, but usually gives the most profitable results When account is taken of the saving of labor uud the reducing of loss from disease by marketing mar-keting animals ut seven uml nine months of uge instead of keeping them for a year or more, the advantage Is almost always with the more rapid growth. The self-feeder system which permits hogs to eat grain at will either in pastures or dry lots Is becomluK more uud more popular In the corn belt states, ami there seems to be no valid reason why self-feeders should not prove equally successful In all parts of the country. |