This arrangement results in the pigs taking more exercise, eating more food and making more rapid growth.  It reduces the danger of thumps and gives the youngsters a wonderfully strong start in life.

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|              MORE PIGS PER HOG--MORE HOG PER PIG                     |
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|Big litters of strong-boned, growthy pigs, and rapid growth of pigs from|
|birth to maturity are the natural result of health and vigor of breeding|
|stock and youngsters.  Weak, run-down boars and sows produce inferior    |
|pigs and usually small litters.  And such pigs are not money-makers.    |
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|                        PRATTS HOG TONIC                              |
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|the guaranteed conditioner for swine, overcomes most hog diseases, makes|
|the breeders healthy and vigorous, insures big litters of big pigs,     |
|makes the youngsters grow steadily and rapidly from birth to maturity   |
|and fatten quickly and economically.                                    |
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|Many of the most successful hog-growers will tell you that one secret of|
|their success is the regular use of Pratts Hog Tonic.  You should at     |
|least test it.  No risk on your part because                             |
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|             “YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED”               |
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[Illustration:  Care of Swine]

The feed mixture used at this time varies somewhat according to available supplies and current prices.  A sample pig ration is made up as follows: 

  RATION FOR YOUNG PIGS

Winter wheat middlings 40 lbs.  Hominy meal 40 lbs.  Oil meal 3 lbs.  Whole oats (heavy) 5 lbs. 60 per cent.  Digester tankage 12 lbs.  Fine salt 1/2 lb.

Mix thoroughly.

When the pigs are weaned they are placed with the herd, a safe practice because of the general contentment and quietness and the entire absence of meal-time stampedes.  They quickly adjust themselves to their new surroundings, and, because accustomed to the use of self-feeders, at once begin eating the regular hog ration with the rest of the herd.

In the hog house, enough self-feeders are provided to permit all animals to eat at will without being crowded.  One feeder to each twenty-five hogs is the rule.

The hog ration, like the pig ration, varies according to conditions.  But at all times it is palatable and contains feeds which build bone, muscle and fat.  A favorite formula is this: