This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...Place this mixture in a self-feeder. Many readers are familiar with Professor Henry's experiments in feeding ashes to hogs. Here is one table of great interest: By the table we learn that feeding bone meal or hard wood ashes to pigs otherwise confined to a corn-meal diet effected a saving in feed of 23 per cent. And we also learn that the strength of the thigh bone was just about double that of pigs not allowed bone meal or ashes. It was also found that when the bones were burned, those of the pigs fed ashes contained 50 per cent, more lime ash than the others. It is evident that it will not do to confine any kind of stock and feed on corn alone for a great length of time. Some good farmers are feeding on piles of wood ashes. After a few rains they will eat on ashes well. Thus...

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