Show HOGS BOBS KEPT UNDER SANITARY conditions ARE BETTER ABLE TO WARD OFF AILMENTS 7 17 X g a tuberculosis hogs infer infected ted by working over pile of manure from ois dis cased cattle prepared by the th united stated department of agriculture in dealing with of togs bogs preventive measures must ho bo most moat re 1 ved lied on the must tin be riven dry do boot and well ventilated quarters which must ile bo iest clean contrary to corn coin nion mon bellef belief lings hops hove have some which raise thern hem above other dome tic lie animals from froin the poInt of clear illness i for example unless compelled to no do so 0 hog hoff will not sleep deep in ito own filth it if a part of he file floor of the pen to in raised boot and kept well bedded with straw while tho ho rest Is 1 not nil all excrement will ho be left on the hie im bedded portion of the floor and the bed itself will he be always clean attention to feed tn in addition to close attention rill should be riven given to ahn feed oo BO hat nothing may be fell d that will convoy the germs germa of dia disease ense es especially i to the be herd it the hoga bogs tire fell milk in any form obtained from cows COMB kept upon tho the sumo same IBM fann the cowa should tc subjected SUbjeCt eft to 10 the tuberculin test it if they run with hie dairy cc cuttle tile of el the tarm arm a tuberculin test of nil all tile the cattle IF la nono none tho the less lesa desirable animals dead from ony any should not bo be fed to the hoa bogs he be ment meat has been mado made safe hy by cooking skim milk or refuse from i n public creamery should not be fed to bogs until it has been thoroughly feeding and drinking places aboueid ho be clean and tho the water supply burp unless the origin to IB known to ile bo un contaminated and there has lie apen on no possibility bilty of infection during its course lings should not he be allowed necess to any stream willows should lie ile drained out and kept filled up tip fie much no na possible at least once n month tho the quarters should be bisin fectea with clr slaked lime or a 5 per cent solution of crude car carbolic bolle acm acid 1 thusa precautions will be b found ablo alan inthe in the destruction destruct lori of af tho the ya various animal parasites as an well as a protection from somo more troubles danger of inbreeding while Is tile the auret and quickest nenna menns to alx type it should bo be resorted to with tho the greatest Kren test enre care the value odthe of the system la is that it en cn ole ables 9 tho the breeder to intensify desera me ble characteristics in a herd and makes improvement possible in A li orter timo than where chero selection Bele clon alone IB 18 used lined it stands to reason ranson that if desirable can be intensified tho the anine will bo be true of ones onca lluch bluch of the dlana ter which seems seema to have havo followed foll oweA in hns probably been due to the fact that this pont point was overlooked or riven given only slight blight importance and thus thua loss of vitality and constitution and susceptibility to disease havo have followed therefore if the young breeder er contemplates inbreeding he should avold that tend to unite lur or defects not only should care cara be taken to prevent this in the animals mated but thero there should bo be no chance of bud bad effects due to the inheritance of undesirable lem from parents and other ancestors soma soni ot of the greatest wor work kever ever done in hoi breeding bas been based on these principle the straight corn diet which ninny many hora bogs receive from cue years end to the other also leadens vitality and the researches of the wisconsin sIn expert m ent station have shown that this la Is probably brought about by the he development of tho the vital organs 1 A minimum of inbreeding anda and n earled diet including especially for breeding stock ample range will therefore beti ter enable ahe herd hem to resist the attacks of disease advantage of isolated rog tio houe uses the advant advantage no of st number of small lor tabla houses each accommodating n few hogs bogs rather than ono one large pig very aery for the entire hero herd hau bay been referred to previously in districts herp cholera is prevalent these are undoubtedly the best shelters they moke it more difficult to carry ron con japlon apton to till all animals in fut the herd and tho of buo ouo of them in case of on an outbreak does not entail a great exp expense ense nse an added advantage Is that they tuny may bo be moved from place to diun no aa needed while more work IS IB necessary to in feeding the conven t aca a fuld safety from their uso use more then than offset this dig disadvantage advantage quarantine restrictions whenever any animals are aro brought i to 0 o the ho form or when animals arit ore liron Kt affront from shows or from nefi neighbor libor loff ing trim farms 1 kept ito from m IV aest ot of tho the herd for nt at lebit leaah areis weeks if they have been ex CT tea to hoy thol cholera arci or swine the will be manifested within tills this time and the sick animals can ile he treated or killed and ana disposed of at once if cholera breaks out in the neighborhood tho former fanner should maintain a strict quarantine against the infected ed herds ile he should refrain from visits to farms where they ire are located and should insist on requiring that his neighbors stay out of his hog lots lota DORS dogs cat anta crown find and buzzards may carry the ho infection from farm to farm and should be 10 guarded against na as far ni possible |