Agriculture for beginners . Fig. 257. A Good Type I. Large Breeds 1. Chester White. 2. Improved Yorkshire. 3. Tamworth. II. Medium Breeds 1. Berkshire. 2. Poland-China. 3. Duroc-Jersey. 4. Cheshire. III. Small Breeds 1. \ictoria. 2. Suffolk. 3. Essex. 4. Small Yorkshire. Hogs will be most successfully raised when kept as littleas possible in pens. They like the fields and the pasturegrass, the open air and the sunshine. Almost any kind offood can be given them. Unlike other stock, they will devourgreedily and tirelessly the richest feeding-stuffs. 282 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINXERS The most desirab
Agriculture for beginners . Fig. 257. A Good Type I. Large Breeds 1. Chester White. 2. Improved Yorkshire. 3. Tamworth. II. Medium Breeds 1. Berkshire. 2. Poland-China. 3. Duroc-Jersey. 4. Cheshire. III. Small Breeds 1. \ictoria. 2. Suffolk. 3. Essex. 4. Small Yorkshire. Hogs will be most successfully raised when kept as littleas possible in pens. They like the fields and the pasturegrass, the open air and the sunshine. Almost any kind offood can be given them. Unlike other stock, they will devourgreedily and tirelessly the richest feeding-stuffs. 282 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINXERS The most desirable h<^ to raise is one that will producea more or less even mixture of fat and lean. WTiere only com is fed. the bodv becomes ven- fat and is : s desirable. Fig. 2^S. DoiXER is over for food as when middlings, tankage, cowpeas, or soy beansare added as a part of the ration. When hogs are kept in pens, cleanliness is most important,for only by cleanliness can disease be avoided. SECTION LVII. POULTRY Our geese, ducks, turke37S, and domestic hens are alldescendants of wild fowls, and are more or less similar tothem in appearance. The earhest recorded uses of fowls were for food, forfighting, and for sacrifice. To-da\ the domestic fowl hasfoin- well-defined uses — ^g-production, meat-production,feather^roduodon, and pest-destruction. Hens of course produce most of our eg^. Some ducke^s are sold for table use. Goose and duck bod\-feathersbring good prices. As pest-destroyers turke}^ and chickensare most useful. They eat large numbers of bugs and worms
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