Show t r Popular System for Sanitation Plan Originated Few Years Ago MAgo Is Saving Hog Raisers tv Much Money Ir Prepared par by the United States Slates e Department l of ot Agriculture u That the tle ll e system of oC swine sanitation original In the Uie United States Department De of AgrI Agriculture a n few years cars ago ngo Is saving sn hog raisers large numbers num num- hers hers bers of or pigs and much money Is shown by by reports coming In continuously Middle West from various parts of or the Illinois where the system was first tried out In McLean county has hns been method of han han- handling InKIng up Ip this Oils S n new w lIng sows and aDd young pigs with with- witha a n great greit deal leal of ot energy and aDd the results obtained no doubt will pill stimulate Increasing increasing In In- creasing g numbers of ot farm farmers rs to rl ls raise pigs under sanitary precautions which will L keep keep- th them m free of t worms Pigs Given Good Sta Start This This spring spring- farmers in 57 Illinois Illi I rios nois counties Bounties gave a alt l the he pigs farrowed farrowed far- far rowed a good start by h having hIng Ing them come cometo ome to to clean farrowing houses houses' after the sows had been thoroughly scrubbed The live stock extension specialist of the University University of Illinois considers that at with this start half 1 th the battle buttle l In the economical production pi of pork park has has been won He says the other half consists merely In keeping the pigs from away away from worm eggs until they are at least four tour m months of age and to do that does do s not require skill b but bit t merely determination and p persistence Reports Indicate that farmers who o have raised pigs the sanitation Va way will not not- go gack Back to the old careless s method They saved sayed more pigs the the pI pigs s grew ew faster and gain costs l less s the e pigs were r ready adI for market s. s sogn- sogn er er lin and the profit f was was greater At the experiment station farm at Urbana lil a lot of ot sanitation pigs gained 35 33 pounds each while others allowed to torun run In old old hog lots where here til they picked up tIp worm eggs gained only 18 pounds Dr H. H B. B of Bloomington BloomIngton BloomIngton Bloom- Bloom Ington Ill m. representative of the thc bureau bureau bureau bu bu- reau of ot animal industry United States Department of ot Agriculture reports a alot lot Jot of ot sanitation hogs that reached a weight of pounds while oth others rs frequenting an old hog lot grew to only pounds In this case the sanItation sanitation sanitation san san- m method thod Increased th the size of the pigs 35 39 per cent Hundreds of farmers In various parts of ot the state have ha reported similar and even greater greater great great- er er gains One man raised sanitation sanitation- hogs bogs to a weight of pounds pounds Inthe in inthe inthe the same time that his hogs formerly grew to only pounds another reported reported re re- ported a ton litter Jitter of sanitation pigs averaging pounds when others Inthe in inthe inthe the old bog hog pastures weighed only pounds a gain of 80 per cent A farmer who adopted the sanitation system last year ear had two sows which raised 13 pigs on a half acre of or old pasture land which had been plowed and and s sowed w d to oats ats and rape As this man expressed It he had the best luck with these pigs that he had had In ten years I Easiest Way to Raise Pigs With such uch enthusiasts as these men scattered throughout the state it Is highly probable that the sanitation method thod of hog raising will be the common common com com- mon method In a few years ears The Time method is not complicated and as one Illinois farmer expressed it once you yon are fixed for handling hogs In this way it Is the easiest way wily to raise rals pigs Briefly a all that Is necessary is isto isto t to have hOSe the pigs farrowed In a pen that dint has been thoroughly cleaned with lye Jye and hot water from sows that have ha been thoroughly scrubbed before before before be be- fore the pigs are born From this point on the pigs must be handled so as not to be brought In contact with withold withold o old d lot hog-lot soil soli polluted with worm eggs They should be moved mo to clean pastures and kept away awny from contact with other hogs until they are arc tour four months of ot age and have ve a good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough start to resist any worm infection infection infection in in- that may co come e later |