Oh no! No more cold wet fall mornings scraping for me...... nope nope nope...
I know lots of folks that did the same as us. We'd buy piglets at the auction house, we raised our on corn, that feed everything from chickens to calves, and then we'd divid 'em up for those who helped. Helped plant, pick and crush corn, you got a pig, you looked after the critters when we were outa town, get a pig, You butcher the hogs you get a pig. Worked out great but these days those type people are few and far between anymore. I still have all my hog pens in good condition. Maybe I can rent 'em out to some city slicker for a pig or two..>..LOL
Heck we used to raise on top of all the others, 4 big hogs for Pop's yearly pig roast. Pop recorded the squeals on year.... of each pig. Ya know I got really lucky when they passed out parents.