Farm Collector

RAISING HOGS

 Whoooieee: What a stink! Soooieee! Call the hogs! What we call garbage today and spend millions of dollars to dispose of was once called slop and was fed to the hogs. What could be more simple? Not only was the practice simple, it made money instead of costing money.

Each day’s chores included collecting table scraps and milk products after processing, carrying it all in buckets to the hog

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