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Show H SOME PIGGERY COMFORTS. H If tho hog is not comfortable he H will not do hi) best. Tho ono object H of hog farming is profit. The hpg H responding most readily to good care H nnd that Is capablo of best develop- H ,inont and a variety of foods is the B most desirable. H A hog will not mako a profit when H , shut up in a small pen fed on dry H corn and filthy water. H Bo sure to have a good placo for tho H ( sows to farrow In. Spring pigs well H cared for will bring tho farmer goqd f money next fall and ho will hardly H. know how ho came by It. H Ono will find tho best food for H pushing pigs to bo shorts mixed wilh H sklmmllk placed in a separate pen H Just out of roach of the mother; the H llttlo fellows soon learn that it is for H ' thorn. ' As soon as they begin to cat It up I clean, add a llttlo corn meal to tho feed. When threo months old one 1 may add to this an equal amount of 1 ground oats. After that soak shelled H eorn and feed it for slops. B Mako slop thick enough to pour H ' readily and add salt, as this aids dl- H geation. "Uso old process oil meal H i soaked in slops for twelve hours as a H , substitute for milk. H When bolng fed heavily, pigs should H have plenty of exorcise. Early spring H ' pigs grown on wide grass rango hav- H lng akimmllk. and small grain ration H costs tho owners but llttlo, and aro H tho best money makers. Sylvanus H Van Akcn. |