Show SUCCESS WITH SWINE most important factor Is health of the animals extraordinary care should be exercised in purchasing hoga to see that they arc free from transmissible diseases by N MATO la the successful raising of swine there are problems other than that of feeding which often determine success or failure the most important of these Is the preservation of the health of the swine wherever a considerable number of animals are gathered together the risk from als ease Is considerably increased extra precautions must then be taken to guard against disease and to keep the animals in thrifty condition the first essential Is that their quarters be kept clean and sanitary in purchasing ewine care should be taken that they come from herds tree from transmissible diseases that they are healthy and have not been ex posed to disease in transit public stockyards stock yards are liable to be infected with hog cholera it la dangerous to prize winning yorkshire boar bring swine from such places and put them in a healthy breeding herd it Is an excellent plan to have a quarantine pen bome distance from all other swine nd so located that there Is practically no danger of transmitting diseases to the herd all recently purchased animals should be held in quarantine in such a pen tor ten days to be certain that they are tree from disease before placing them in a healthy herd it a disease of swine occurs in the neighborhood keep away from these farms paid do not allow anyone who has been on an infected farm to visit your herd it your swine have access to a stream of running water and disease appears on a farm located above yours on the same stream remove your hogs at once as the infection Is liable to be carried by the stream dogs and buzzards also are liable to carry the infection of hog cholera and should be kept away if possible such measures are simple but they are very important while a few swine can be raised confined in limited quarters it such quarters are kept clean they will do better will keep in better health and can be grown more cheaply it they have plenty of range for pasture it Is desirable to have the pasture fenced off into suitable areas so that the hogs can be shifted from one pas ture to another not only to provide fresh pasture but also to afford an opportunity to disinfect the pastures either by plowing and seeding to a forage crop or by exposure to sun and weather nearly all cases of intestinal worms which are rather common in swine are contracted from infected ground and swine can be kept tree from these parasites by frequent changes of pasture |