| Show ig alio pig n aniball tho little ammal that leads all our exports of animal product and i likely to hold tins lead furiak i to conic should not bo charged with faults that belong ily to lii keepers the pig called alio of domestic aidi inal but this is made jusup froan his surroundings in mou cases alic pig is H wonderful for alio prodoc lerui 0 pork aicon ami huns h uns ilo h the of food on alio farm iio aty u iii atia batly tw biily amr cint kiib ilance ot liis food 1 acal not it on 1 1 animals anil provision bo made tho dip aal of liis excretion the tidy cleans hia every ilay and sonic twice per day amt hi pi pen is not cleaned ill liia pigs abc likely to bo submerged are alir pis or the chargeable alic edth gumc years ago we tested hie pigs disposition to keep clean where alio op was given by placing in liis iiii shallow babli of clean water this privilege was ci gerly used in crance to wallowing in a nind hole somo few rods oft this Ss dallow lalli was fil ledwith frosli water per and it wis noticed tint alio pigs seemed always to enjoy the renewal of water this certainly indicated a nice in cleanly ii hibits alic writer haa also placed pigs upon n bloor which would allow the and jungli of alie solid to gu through aarl alio balance was mostly trodden through on ono sido of the pen was a strip floor four feet anle with the trough placed upon it against the aide of tho pen and upon these plank wag placed bedding for the pigs they poon learned the uso of the slatted part of the pen and would go thre and drop floor is cl fifteen inches above tho bottom so that alic excretion work through the slata and alio llio pen and pigs are kept clean A door is linncon a lim goso ai to bo turned up anil allow alio manure to to cleaned from under tile slatted carls of the floor tin pig in this cac keep quite clean without any labor being bestowed it except to alic manure oncca onaca monah from the slatted floor i the writer has found pigs just aej eadi to keep clean as any oilier animal il ian alic opportunity is afforded them tu do 0 o let the fu tako pains to keep him bleau aslia docs in allro casc of otner domestic annuals mid lie will fand alie pig as cleanly as any af them atho pig sa fay itilia it animal and we consider that it returns n from about per car 1 sum greater hm au other il would seem tab u treated with as much consideration a s wo give to our cows and barsc bor sc L ire aslock journal |
