Show PROPER CARE AND management OF SWINE A device to prevent pigs from crowding and to allow a fair start for all by E M to be a successful hog ralser one jaust keep bis stock under the very test environment possible do not think any old thing or place Is good enough tor a hog he should have access to good clean water to drink at all times and not stale pond water ier mud wallows clean pure water hlll do more toward keeping hogs healthy than any other one thing the hog has a peculiar skin and under the skin Is a thick pad of fat BO that he must get rid of his heat mostly from his lungs by breathing in hot weather he needs some cool place to lie in and if he can find mud he wal lows in it he prefers good clean wa ter but it he cannot find that mud is the best substitute shade is very es sentral in warm weather buildings for hogs need not be very expensive we advise colony houses of the A shape with both sides open with hinges on the top this type of bouse furnishes shade ventilation and sunlight in summer and when closed a very comfortable furrowing farrowing far pen in winter these houses are erected on balds and can be moved from place to place with a pair of horses or mules are so constructed that they are ideal furrowing farrowing far rowing pens A sow about to farrow can be placed in a lot in which Is one of these colony houses and she will make her nest in the bouse it some hay or straw Is placed there fenders should be arranged around the sides of the house so that the sow will not be able to lie close to the bides and in that way crush the young pigs in the nest these colony bouses can also be used for the baars boars and growing pigs although some prefer permanent for the boar and those pigs id tended for the market it Is a great advantage to feed hogs on concrete or tight board floors especially it one la feeding ear corn as there will be no waste feeding in muddy or dusty lots Is a very dangerous practice it sometimes becomes necessary to good pure water for them in nac alons where running water cannot ba secured through pipes it can ba hauled in barrels many hog raisers provide a sled or drag on skids on which a barrel Is fastened on a w ater tight floor with sides to tt so that tho pigs can drink all around the barrel the water coming out of the barrel about three inches from the bottom through a small bole which automat lacally flows according to the water consumed running streams of water are very satisfactory when they originate on the farm but if they travel long als and through several farms and across public roads they are very likely to be contaminated and may spread diseases such as anthrax and hog cholera keeping hogs healthy Is much more important import axt than trying to cure them when sick ia yat wi ip t bamm fA MM a t Y lessar A th IBISI A r f TV sy by c wy tf BV if f s aw s dc w ww 5 w ay i S A champion poland sow from missouri feed pigs separate from the bows sows even ahen nursing thia can be done by bulling near the colony house a temporary fence which will allow the little pigs to get in but will keep out the old hogs if this plan Is adopted the pigs will practically wean them selves without inconvenience either to themselves or to the BOW we prefer feeding the small pigs and in fact all our hogs in either iron or concrete troughs with round bottoms V troughs can also be used fences play a very important part in hog raising A poor fence will produce a hog aa quickly as it will a fence breaking cow we prefer any strong close woven wire fence at least 58 inches high for the outside fence in smaller lots either woven wire or wooden fences temporarily placed will be cheaper and can be used a number of times temporary fences need not be over three feet high and should bo BO constructed that they can be carefully stored when not in use woven ivare used aa temporary fence Is very difficult to stretch after it has been used several times although it can be aeed to advantage when lumber and help are not plentiful in planting forage crops it is an advantage to plant in long narrow strips so that the temporary fences can be placed across the narrow part of the field it Is also an advantage to arrange the crops so that one sec alon Is in such alignment with the other sections that the cultivation may be done without turning at the end of each section and when the crops are laid by the temporary fence can separate one crop from another when plans are mae to establish bog pastures one must not forget the try important factor of providing |