Show LUn thriftiness in pigs I 1 may be due to rickets each year we get some inquiries conc conceding ening the cure for lameness s ceness to in fall pigs bight away aay we suspect these pigs as laing rickets their owners should be more concerned about the cause ot of tills this condition than about its cure the cause of rickets Is improper feeding by which we mean no not t enough of the right kind of minerals and vitamins in the ration too much corn barley oats 0 and such like and not enough skim milk and alfalfa or clover hay bay or their meals A pig will stand an improperly constituted ration for awhile without apparent ill effects but sooner or later his assimo lilting function goes wrong and he be gets stiff in the legs or sore in the fe feet et nod and lie be does docs not gain in weight its as he should pigs that have jeen been carried thus tar far through the winter mainly on cereal grains should by all ail means now have some leafy alfalfa or clover hay bay exchange |