. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. all, strong feet; full, longbody, square and broad, with a straight backand under line. If one has a mortgage on his home, seekthe help of the hog and he will raise it ; ifone covets legitimate things, seek first his aidand these things will sfion come ; if one longsfor luxuries he will bring them. Debts hewill pay, lands he will improve, homes he willenlarge, children he will educate. Thesethings the hog has done ten thousand times,and he will do them again, even better andmore quickly, if one will but give him one halfof the
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. all, strong feet; full, longbody, square and broad, with a straight backand under line. If one has a mortgage on his home, seekthe help of the hog and he will raise it ; ifone covets legitimate things, seek first his aidand these things will sfion come ; if one longsfor luxuries he will bring them. Debts hewill pay, lands he will improve, homes he willenlarge, children he will educate. Thesethings the hog has done ten thousand times,and he will do them again, even better andmore quickly, if one will but give him one halfof the care and attention he deserves. The hog makes good use of the him the run of the clover field, for he willdo no harm there, e\cn when placed amongcattle, sheep, and horses. When provided with good grazing no otherfood is required; he will grow rajiidly and 2o6 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS have a good account to give of the food hehas eaten. Good, thrifty growth, not fat,is wanted while he is small and young, for ifgrowth has been secured he will fatten very. Feeding Pigs quickly and on a small amount of food. Themistake is often made of feeding an exclusiveration of corn. Corn is heating and fatteningin effect, and until he has left pighood da3scorn is an improper food to give him, espe-cially as an exclusive diet. In his early daysprotein, the muscle maker, should enter largelyinto his diet. When given the freedom of thepasture or clover field this important foodelement is supplied to his delight and advan-tage. When he has reached the age of sevenor eight months he may be brought in fromthe pasture and inclosed in a small feeding lotwhere pure water, soft coal, and ashes shouldbe furnished in connection with corn. A fewweeks of feeding, small quantities at first, willbring him to the close of his days, when heshould be ready for market or to be of good breeding will readily weigh twohundred and fifty pounds when nine monthsold, if they have been provide
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