Farm Notes

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43330, 26 May 1908, Page 1

Farm Notes

THE PIG.

, Do not keep too many pigs in one pen -unless the space is large and has plenty of''troughs. Troughs Bhould be of the proper height,.with partitions to prevent the jpigs crowding each other from the trough/ and this also keeps • the food clean. While there' is a great variety of material fed to pigs-, it should be remembered that it is the properly matured animal that gains the place of honour, though, unfortunately, it often happens that the man who produces the right material too often fails to. reap the reward and benefit to which he is entitled. Food is of value in proportion as improperly digests and its jconstituents become properly absorbed into the system. Liberal feeding is necessary 'to fatten a pig, but liberality must be combined with |udiciousness.