Show sanitation pays in raising pigs indiana producers are enthusiastic thusia over Jn increase crease in profits Irrer tred ared by the ste too department of agriculture ilog hog producers of indiana who have tried raising balsin g their pigs according to the sanitation system of hog hoe production developed by the tha aureliu of animal industry of the united states dopart department part ment of agriculture are arc enthusiastic over the increase in their profits which the system made possible says dr J 1 E U gibson federal inspector in charge of od hog cholera control worl work in indiana doctor gibson reports thit that the increase in returns resulting from tile the us use of tile the system over the returns return received by the same producers under tinder their former methods has been about aper 0 iper pig on au an average the system involves the far furrowing rowing and raising of pigs under such conditions that they hey do not have parasites especially roundworms round worms which it if not controlled retard growth and cause ileath in ninny instances adoption of system the plan of getting tile the system into practice was to go to tile ani farmer alner in a town township shil who had been the least successful in raising ho hogs is arid and induce him to try out tile the system so many farmers applied for supervision that all could riot not be served one farmer who hod had become greatly discouraged wais about ready to quit hog raising he fie took up tip the sanitation plan ile he had to buy till nil the feed used except pasture lie ile formerly had not been able to make his hogs average pounds under eight or nine months this athla year under the new system he had 33 38 winch which averaged exactly pounds at five months and uve lie days they sold for 1150 per hundredweight bringing a total of or more than cost of feed benefits to F farmers another farmer who had been able to raise on an average only four or ove five pigs to the lie sow BOW raised seven pigs per for sow this year and attributed the resura to the sanitation altogether in this year more than hogs were rals raised ed under tile the plan with bene benefits flits amounting to there was tin an average increase of two pigs saved per sow on farms where the aaril sanitation tation was used |