PIGS AT GRASS.
— m~ ——— , Grass is a.most excellent thing for inpig bows, and with a plentiful supply of water little else is required. Far too few pigs are run on grass, for, taking one time with another, a greater return is obtained by manufacturing pork "on it than by growing meat of any other kind : from the same acreage The practice is not popular, probably because custom does not support it, and many farmers consider '; a pig in a grass field untidy and out of .place. There is a drawback if the field M surrounded by weak fences, for pigs speedily make use of gaps as a means of c - They also work up the ground with their Etron & snouts, but this can be • ' s Sfcalw y them - The s6 ar « : »et t ll- al l *i e ob -i ecff ons that can be that K?J h r bst ? ntisl advantages :«et Sr ownlood 611 PlgS ™ all ° Wed to
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18547, 3 November 1923, Page 18
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