Show SWINE USE WASTE PRODUCTS lt jt J Is necessary to have number of pigs on hand to consume all of perishable feeds prepared ly by the united states department of agriculture tinder ordinary conditions hogs return the largest profit when raised to utilize waste products and when kept for this purpose alone the number will depend upon the quantity of 0 waste products to be consumed from dairy herds shattered grain from grain fields unmarketable products from the truck farm undigested grain in the droppings of 0 fattening steers and many other minor wastes un on th the e average farm are examples of foodstuffs which would be wasted were it not for their utilization by the thrifty farmer tor for the production of pork in order to utilize util ize some of these products it Is necessary to have a number of pigs on hand for a relatively short time on account of the perishable Islin ble nature of these feeds the rest of nf the year the fattening pigs and the breeding stock must be maintained upon teed feed raised expressly for their consumption and while they are not kept at a loss during this time still the greatest profit Is derived when they are eating their cheap feed in the form of waste products and the number of hogs bogs which can utilize the waste to the best advantage should be the limiting factor in determining the number of hogs to the farm on farms in the corn belt where hogs are raised simply to market the corn com crop on the hoof the number Is controlled by the amount of corn which can profitably be raised to fatten them |