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Show "HOGGING OFF" IS PRACTICAL No Better Way to Fatten ftwln With Profit to Owner Than to Turn Them Loose in Field. There la no better way to fatten hog with profit to the owner, than to turn them loose In the cornfield and let them pick the corn themselves. them-selves. This la what la called "hog-King "hog-King off corn." It baa been found In experiment by the Minnesota Experiment atatlon and by practical farmers In all parts of the state, writes A. It. Wilson, superintendent su-perintendent cf the Minnesota Farm-era' Farm-era' Institute, that thla method of fattening hogs la a profitable one. Kvery farmer who has tried It agrees that It la an economical method of fattening pork. The time required to husk and crib corn la aaved. Not only that, but the hogs get the corn when It la fresh and more relished. No wonder, then, the station found that more pounds of pork could be made from a bushel of com by "hogging off," t.ian by eating husked corn. All that la necessary to make the plan a feasible one la to obtain enough fencing to Inclose a small area of corn. It la not advisable to give the bogs a large field to run In at the outset. There will be too large a waste. Twenty pigs weighing 100 pounds each, or their equivalent, ahould not be allowed to ran on mora than an acre at a time. On the average, aver-age, an acre of corn ahould laat three pigs from two to three weeks. Hogs may be confined In the field aa long aa weather la suitable. They should not be turned In until the corn haa ripened. Farmers should not hesitate to try this method of pork production, for It baa been found entirely en-tirely practical. |