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ult In . vearlj i\ ing of ! The swine industr} brin an in - to 1 1 1 000.000 l $100,000,000 annually. An understanding of t demands Is essential to an intelli ml produ > | n

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W H E R E MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR I I I IN

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These are sanitation pigs alongside "wormy way" pigs on a Warren O farm. The former weighed 225 pounds each when pigs of the were raised under common methods weighed but 125 poun< Mo; stimated one million dollars a year is being added I the net income Illswine raisers as a result of the swine sanitation extension rvi urthered throughout the State.

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such as this. The College made the first study dealing with the si

t y p e , q u a l i t y a n d iinish of h o g s d e m a n d e d by t h e m a r k e t s . k i n d of h o g s m o s t in d e m a n d in t h o s e d a y s . Tin i

published in 1904 gave swine producers of the State a clear Idea Feed represents about 85 per cent of the total expense

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tant importance to livestock producers. A long study of the feed requirements of growing, fattening and breeding swine i ulted development of one of the early feeding standards for swine whicl h n follow* I in lat( r years with other facts of benefit and \ to the State farmers. .Moo than on< million dollars a year is being added to the i I • of Illinois swine raisei as a result of the swine sanitation ii i i vi proj< i i bein furthered throughout the tai Hi

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