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Before refrigeration, some family farms depended on pigs as a primary source of meat and shortening (lard) for year-round food.

Many family farm hog pens were improvised enclosures made of any handy free material.

Historically, these farms fed hogs on grain, fruit and vegetables that are not fit for sale or family use.

Overage produce from the farmer’s market and table and restaurant scraps were often diet elements as well.

Hogs were also fed "slops" made from middlings or corn meal stirred with milk and water.