ON RAISING HARD PORK.
v > HOW TO PEED. - /:>:/-' .y'The.nibst -common.'c'ausc.vof;sQft."poHc: (says - • in iEnglisfr;- authority)are, '.hrst, "jthe .vilieding^'ofpig.s ii.too V rapidly ./from, to.?? (.the - xc4tui«tf-'"woiglit.^-:~*''>Tlils. fjji??-;/'give; bad-results, frequently produces soft 4|i Sk 6ides;.' and .'not seldom are , the carcasses ?i- '' both "soft"-'and "thick."' Another' cause ,/'.../.is seUihg.v.when nridir.,weight or' before / degree of-.immaturity may/; bo-taken.- as the measuro of" softness; that . is, the friHher from rilaturity . tho softer; the meat o^ : in/any.Jwayvnot; favoilrable. to ,-thfiftiiieSs :;/:::,;" vara almpstVcert<unto : yielda large per---cent ago-.of - "softs." Properly: cared for pigs. means" pigs' fed -' under,- conditions and thrift .Airy/and. . space? is '.an 'expensive cqh--s®iKsideratKph;'/ithen,.4et':ttib/rsmall; space.'; be .".woll and kept ■'/A"?: . > :TKo; mosti important factor in the pro[fgfejsduction of firm baco'nVis undoubtedly: the isK?-jstance;'?ance'J"rushed"'pigs produce/more' ;or / less.;-','softs.". yJlaiM'' fed 'alone ' prorfesT ft duces':ai,ver/;large' percentage. bf,''.'softs;"' jSftf alt riweds"! to :' ; .b9 :~acobmpariied: : ,with* :.;otHer J Ko9,ts,' : cloyer,- 'rape', grass -may '■&&s■■■ *?■!??'■"l®-of.'skini'med''milk' with' maize;: «M:j'pya:^^6V9fiffjy'-a5,--g(Miit-*°hC, v qf -maize mised. with •-•-.v./cats, -barley, ;or'peas, docs not.'appear to .'have-.a very injurious effect. Barley • is.,. unsurpassed as a feed for the pro- . -duction of I-firm'bacon: .' Oats are exccllent-' ,' Peas'; produce good results, arid, .' ' ; :iriixcd with other, grains, aro exceedingly •/.'• .- valuable. Skinimed milk' and irhev are -W°°®S'infallible "guarantees .of hrm'jiork
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 715, 14 January 1910, Page 8
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197ON RAISING HARD PORK. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 715, 14 January 1910, Page 8
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