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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> > > OK cheap food,,,, would leftover plate scraps from resturants
> > > qualify if I
> > could convince a local resturant?
>
> Yes, and produce stands, grocery stores, school cafeterias, bakeries,
> etc. Many times if you put a box or barrel there and ask that the
> scraps be separated and put there, the institution is quite happy to
> have you haul it away.

Due to the numbers of homeless these days and the potential for e-coli
contamination on produce, many grocery stores no longer allow dumpster
diving or give away produce.

> > > I don't have a source for milk --- unless I get goats.   Would
> > > goat milk
> > do?  How does it change the flavor of the meat?  Sweeter?

Goat milk is heaven and will make your life wonderful. The pigs will
love you for it, too. :)  Pigs, like humans, need quite a bit of protein
and milk/dairy has that.  Still, you could probably buy a grocery cart
of dented cans pretty cheaply.


> > > Yes, it is common sense that pigs need a lot of water... just
> > > like other
> > animals.

> Pigs are more like cows.  Cows drink an unbelievable amount of water
> a day. Pigs can't even digest their food unless they get plenty of
> water to go with it.  A fellow nearby from whom we used to buy
> piglets (he's in jail now) had a half a 55 gallon drum with tubing
> welded to it and he used the hay fork on his tractor to go to the
> creek and dip it full.  He made four trips twice a day for seven
> pigs.

Thanks for explaining that better than I did, James.


B

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