. Successful farming [microform] : how to farm for profit : the latest methods. Agriculture; Gardening; Farm management; Livestock; Agriculture; Jardinage; Exploitations agricoles; Bétail. n I: |i N â â¢! S'- 1; 1 . i' h A: 1!' ' :" * -â . 248 The Fleshy Hof. Years to Fix a Type. Feeding: Swine. Feed for Toung Pigs. SUCCESSFUL FARMING. which demands pork of a fleshy and better quality. Our home trade is also undergoing a change in the same direction. The fat pork, that was so popular some years ago, is no longer wanted. The fat on the back must not exceed one and a half inches in thickne
. Successful farming [microform] : how to farm for profit : the latest methods. Agriculture; Gardening; Farm management; Livestock; Agriculture; Jardinage; Exploitations agricoles; Bétail. n I: |i N â â¢! S'- 1; 1 . i' h A: 1!' ' :" * -â . 248 The Fleshy Hof. Years to Fix a Type. Feeding: Swine. Feed for Toung Pigs. SUCCESSFUL FARMING. which demands pork of a fleshy and better quality. Our home trade is also undergoing a change in the same direction. The fat pork, that was so popular some years ago, is no longer wanted. The fat on the back must not exceed one and a half inches in thickness. What is wanted is a fleshy hog, about eight months old, and rather under than over two hundred pounds. While great progress is being made in the change of type, still, so far none of our present breeds of swine conform exactly to the ideal aimed at. To fix a type will take years to accomplish, even by our most expert breeders, and whether this will be by cross breeding or through one of our present pure breeds is difficult to say. Even after we have got the t3^pical hog, the work is only half done. The compounding and preparing of foods to produce the best quality of flesh is yet in the experimental stage, and will evidently take some time before the results will be entirely reliable, so as to produce a uniform good quality of flesh. According to experiments one thing has been fully dem- onstrated. In order to keep young pigs growing, after being weaned, they should be given a certain quantity of skim milk, along with other feed, which at first should be composed largely of middlings with a little ground flaxseed. When about three months old add bran, pulped roots, and green clover or rape, and a little. 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 Rennie, William, 1835-1910. Toronto : W. Rennie
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