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Show Hog Sanitation Is Meeting With Favor Many Indiana Fanners Saving Sav-ing Eight Pigs Per Sow. (Prepared by the United State Department of Agriculture.) Attention to swine sanitation is changing hog production on many farms in Indiana from a losing to a profitable enterprise. A report received re-ceived by the United States Department of Agriculture from Dr. J. E. Gibson, federul Inspector In charge of hog-cholera-control work in Indiana, credits cred-its the swlne-sanltatlon system developed devel-oped by the bureau of animal Industry Indus-try with many practical benefits. "Our reports," he says, "Indicate that heretofore the average number of pigs per sow has been about five and one-half, one-half, whereas farmers who are following follow-ing Instructions as to swine sanitation are now saving more than eight pigs per sow. Cases almost without number num-ber have been found' where farmers were nearly ready to quit raising hogs because they were unable to save a sufficient number of their pigs to make the business profitable. Since they have been Instructed In swine sanitation sanita-tion and are following the Instructions In whole or In part tliey are able to grow hogs at a profit Referring to the extensive use of the system In 11 countie of the state where the. project has been Introduced. Intro-duced. Doctor Gibson adds that, aside from the educational work done on hog-choleru control, nothing has had such a noticeable beneflcJal effect on hog production. |