. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . ni-mal is not because he possesses more attractivequalities than are found in other farm animals, butrather for more practical reasons which appeal tothe masses who till the soil, (i) The feeding ofswine requires less capital than the feeding of otherdomestic animals. A small sum invested in broodsows will, in a years time, return many fold to thepurchaser, which makes swine husbandry possibleon practically all farms, whether large or small, orwhether operated by owner or renter. (2) A largenumber of hogs may be kept within a compara-tively s
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . ni-mal is not because he possesses more attractivequalities than are found in other farm animals, butrather for more practical reasons which appeal tothe masses who till the soil, (i) The feeding ofswine requires less capital than the feeding of otherdomestic animals. A small sum invested in broodsows will, in a years time, return many fold to thepurchaser, which makes swine husbandry possibleon practically all farms, whether large or small, orwhether operated by owner or renter. (2) A largenumber of hogs may be kept within a compara-tively small space, requiring less fencing than isnecessary for other farm animals. (3) Hogs areeasily fed and handled. (4) They are the farmsscavengers, consuming kitchen waste and otherrefuse which nothing else will consume, materialwhich, were it not for the hog, would be these, and perhaps still other reasons, the hogis found more widely distributed over the farmingdistricts than any other class of animals. 253 254 PROFITABLE STOCK Photo by Breeders GazetteLard Type—An English Champion Berkshire Boar.
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