other sheep which find most of
their other food on the stubbles, commons, heaths, etc.

All the sows and the yelts intended for breeding should now spend their
whole time out of doors. It might be noted that lucerne will grow on
almost any kind of land providing it is well drained--stagnant water
destroys it.

The duties of the pig-keeper are very similar in the month of June to
those of the previous month. Prior to the outbreak of war it was
becoming general amongst the most practical pigmen to continue to fatten
pigs all the year round. The old-fashioned idea that pork was not a
suitable food during any of the months in which there was not the letter
"r" had become exploded. Not only did the bacon curers require a supply
of fat pigs weighing from 200 to 220 lbs. alive, but there was a good
demand from the butchers for small fat pigs weighing from 80 to 140 lbs.
alive.

It must not be forgotten that a smaller quantity of food is required to
produce a pound of pork during the summer than during the winter months.
This has been clearly proved in many experiments. The difference varies
according to the temperature. In the very cold weather experienced in
some portions of the United States it was found that some pigs actually
made no increase in weight when well fed, the whole of the nutriment
having to be utilised in keeping up the bodily warmth of the pigs.

The months of July and August see little change in the duties of the
attendant on pigs. The old-fashioned plan of running the pigs on the
corn stubbles has almost gone out of fashion. The improved system of
harvesting the crops leaves less corn on the land, whilst the cost of
labour in keeping the pigs is almost prohibitive. At one time there used
to be a keen demand for young pigs in the month of August for so-called
"shacking" or running on the stubbles. Experience has proved that these
pigs pay less frequently under present conditions than they did under
the old ones.

The scarcity of vegetable food which usually shows itself in August is
now, in September, met to a considerable extent by the plan of the early
digging of potatoes. Large quantities of chats, and sometimes of
slightly diseased ones are now cooked and fed to the pigs with a certain
proportion of meal. As a rule there is a keen demand for pork in the
month of September. Towards the end of the month all pigs should be
under shelter at night.

During the last three months of the year there is lit