PUMPKINS FOR PIGS.
THE MOST SATISFACTORY FOOD. Replying to a query'as to the most s*itablo bulky crop for feeding growing pigs the Director of Fields and "Experiments Division of the Agricultural Department srfys it has been found at the Wereroa Experiment Farm that one of thtf most satisfactory foods for pigs is the pumpkin, the ironbark variety for preference. Quite a small patch of wellcultured pumpkins will supply food for a large' number of pigs. Poas (both haulm and pod) aro a satisfactory addition to the pumpkins, and it would also bo useful to provide turnips and potatoes that aro not suitable for table or seed purposes. .. A WINNER OF COMPETITIONS. Tho Egg-laying competitions for 1910-11 and 1911-12 were both won by pens reared on 'A. and P." Chick Raiser. Tho first essential for profitable poultry keeping. Obtainable from all Storekeepers—Aavt.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1534, 2 September 1912, Page 8
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141PUMPKINS FOR PIGS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1534, 2 September 1912, Page 8
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