. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. 230 FEEDING AND MANAGE^MENT the meal ration, and wheat middlings or hran may be nsed to dilute the corn meal without oats. In cold weather, if sows have a good deal of out-door exercise, they may be fed more com with safety than when they have to be kept pretty closely confined. A meal ration which is preferred by the writer to all others is equal parts ground oats and middlings, leaving out corn. Flo. 51.—Three-year-old Chr\sler white sow, winner of numeroua prizes. altogether. It is possible, however, to use a wide variety of feeds, 'so long as the feeder
. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. 230 FEEDING AND MANAGE^MENT the meal ration, and wheat middlings or hran may be nsed to dilute the corn meal without oats. In cold weather, if sows have a good deal of out-door exercise, they may be fed more com with safety than when they have to be kept pretty closely confined. A meal ration which is preferred by the writer to all others is equal parts ground oats and middlings, leaving out corn. Flo. 51.—Three-year-old Chr\sler white sow, winner of numeroua prizes. altogether. It is possible, however, to use a wide variety of feeds, 'so long as the feeder realizes the importance i>f furnish- ing considerable bulk and of restricting the proportion of heating or highly fattening feeds. As in the case of tlie boar, tlie sow rcqiiires something besides meal, and the funiishing of some such feeds as roots, or alfalfa or red clover hay, is e\'en more important than in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Day, George E. , 1863-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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