Millard County Chronicle | 1912-04-18 | Page 2 | Feed for Vigorous Growth

FEED FOR VIGOROUS GROWTH Healthy 8hoats Need Bone and Meat Meal Together With Freshly Burned Wood Ashea. Dono and meat meal, and dry, clean, freshly burnt ashes from hardwood are necessary for vigorous, healthy growth In little pigs. One tablespoon-ful tablespoon-ful of bone meal and two spoonfuls of meat meal should be given at each feed. Aubea belp digestion, cleans tba stomach and is useful In other ways, Tho ashes should bo freshly burnt, well sifted and dry. Hurnt corn cobs inny be given Instead of ashes. No one feed, however good It may be, should be constantly fed. The hog Is a grass animal and will do well on grass and clover pasture In summer, and fine cut clover hay, well scalded and mixed with wheat bran, wheat middlings nnd a small quantity of flaxseed meal during tbe winter feeding feed-ing months. Have tbe pens clean and dry. Give a warm bed of leaves. Have a large yard or small grass pasture pas-ture for the bogs to exercise In during dur-ing the winter. Hogs can stand cold, dry weather when taking exercise, but they must have dry, warm, well-bedded pens to Bleep In. Wet bedding and frozen slop are certain to produc., disease.