. Elementary agriculture . FKi. 21 A Clicsliirc [lifi. beechnuts. They will eat almost anything, whether it is meat or plant (Fig. 28). It is said they once did great service by de- vouring rattlesnakes on the frontier. Hogs in the East. There are two ways of raising swine com- mon'in our country. In the East each farmer keeps a few hogs in small pens or yards and feeds them the waste from the kitchen and farm. Such hogs are usually kept for home use. The Western Hog Farm. In the Corn Belt of the Central West there are great hog farms. Hogs are often raised on farms where cattle are fattened f
. Elementary agriculture . FKi. 21 A Clicsliirc [lifi. beechnuts. They will eat almost anything, whether it is meat or plant (Fig. 28). It is said they once did great service by de- vouring rattlesnakes on the frontier. Hogs in the East. There are two ways of raising swine com- mon'in our country. In the East each farmer keeps a few hogs in small pens or yards and feeds them the waste from the kitchen and farm. Such hogs are usually kept for home use. The Western Hog Farm. In the Corn Belt of the Central West there are great hog farms. Hogs are often raised on farms where cattle are fattened for the market. Here both hogs and cattle are fed on corn. The hogs run with the cattle and grow fat on the corn which the cattle waste. Where hogs are put on pasture they grow rapidly on clover, alfalfa, or rape i^asture. (Fig. 29.)
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