. The open door to independence; making money from the soil; what to do--how to do, on city lots, suburban grounds, country farms, together with outline maps of all parts of the United States, irrigated regions, climates, cities, villages, market towns, locations and populations . Essex Hog. The Essex, which oiiginatedin linglaiul, is excellent forl)a<-oii, lard and hams, weighsat IS months, from 300 to Berkshire Hog. The Berkshire, originallyfrom Kngland, weighs at 18months from 325 to 373pounds. Whether or not one goes into the raising of swineon a large scale, it is profitabl
. The open door to independence; making money from the soil; what to do--how to do, on city lots, suburban grounds, country farms, together with outline maps of all parts of the United States, irrigated regions, climates, cities, villages, market towns, locations and populations . Essex Hog. The Essex, which oiiginatedin linglaiul, is excellent forl)a<-oii, lard and hams, weighsat IS months, from 300 to Berkshire Hog. The Berkshire, originallyfrom Kngland, weighs at 18months from 325 to 373pounds. Whether or not one goes into the raising of swineon a large scale, it is profitable to keep a few hogseither in small towns or villages, on suburbangrounds, or on a farm, since they will eat up thegarbage and dispose of the by-products of the dairy,the skim-milk and the surplus buttermilk, in aprofitable way. The hog is normally omnivorous—eats fitted him for using the bread of the forest—roots, herbs, acorns, and natural grasses. But thefood should be in good condition. Innumerable wastes and unused chances to econ-omize let the profit leak away from the averagefarm. One of the basic principles of profitable porkproduction is that the hog shall carry to market, inaddition to corn, some cheap material, such asclover. The too exclusive use of corn in swine feed-ing causes a great annual loss to the Middle West. In addition to the feed supplied, there are otherbenefits f
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