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Show ers' Bulletin 765, containing information informa-tion on the various breeds, their origin, ori-gin, general appearance, Jevelopment and adaptability ; "Pig Clubs and the Swine Industry," describing the pig club work ; "Movable Hog Houses," Secretary's Circular 102 ; "Hog Houses." Hous-es." Fanners'. Bulletin 438 ; "The Self-Feeder Self-Feeder for Hogs," Farmers' Bulletin !.)0G ; "Hog Cholera ; Prevention and Treatment," Farmers' Bulletin 874; "Tuberculosis of Hogs," Farmers' Bulletin Bul-letin 7S1. Don't forget that the meat line is of direct importance to the battle line. SUPPLY CF FATS IS URGENT NEED Requirements Can Be Met Most Quickly by Increasing Number of Hogs on Farms. SWINE REQUIRE LESS LABOR Animals Have No Rival in Putting Waste Material to Profitable Use Department of Agriculture Offers Assistance. Not only on the farms, but also In the small towns and suburbs where space is available, everyone who can should raise one or more pigs and thus furnish the pork supply for himself him-self and perhaps for a soldier. Assistance Assist-ance in doing this may be obtained from publications of the United States department of agriculture, which will be sent free on request. Pork is the mainstay of the nation, the laboring man and the soldier, and the need for increasing the supply of fats, is especially, great. The need for meat and fats can be met more quickly by increasing the number of hogs than in any other manner. Hogs require less labor, equipment and capital, cap-ital, make greater gains for the quantity quan-tity of food fed and give a quicker Uimover of money than any kind of live stock except poultry. Furthermore;, Further-more;, pork products have the advantage advan-tage of being easily transported. No branch of live stock farming gives better bet-ter results than the intelligent raising of well-bred swine. Food From Garbage. As a consumer of by-products the hog has no rival, which is an addi-tloiio.l addi-tloiio.l i't'.ison for pork raising now wlr,.c'. the elimination of waste is an emphatic ri-cessity. There is ample evidence that where table scraps form a part or all of the pig's diet the gains cost considerably less than the gains made by grain-fed animals. There is no "best" breed of swine. Some breeds are superior to others in certain resists and one breed maybe may-be better adapted than another to certain local conditions. There are two distinctive types, the lard type and the "bacon type. Swine of the lard type far outnumber those of the bacon type in the United States. With the ingredients of a good ration ra-tion constantly placed before them so that they may eat it well, hogs will make gains more rapidly and more economically eco-nomically than wheu fed by nand. The self-feeder is growing In popularity. It is simply a device by means of which a supply of grain or other feed is kept constantly available to the hogs in order that they may always satisfy their appetites with the proper kind and amount of feed. "Soldiers of the Commissary." By means of the boys' pig ulubs of the department of agriculture thousands thou-sands of boys are being instructed in hog raising, and by this means are helping to produce a very important food for our soldiers and sailors. Your county agent, club leader or director of exti nsion work at your state agricultural agri-cultural college will tell you of the work In your own state and how to join a club. The department wants 200,000 boys to raise pigs 40,000 did It in pig clubs last year but whether you are young or old, If you live in the country or the suburbs of a city, you can do It, too, and thereby become be-come a "soldier of the commissary." How to Get Information. Farmers' bulletins covering practically prac-tically every phase of the swine industry in-dustry are available for free distribution distribu-tion and may be obtained by writing to the United States department of agriculture, ag-riculture, Washington. The states also have published much excellent material on the subject of hog raising. An Inquiry about hogs nddressed to your state agricultural college will bring you Information on what has been Issued by your own state. Your comity age;;t can supplement the printed ad'-lce by suggestions as to the adaptation of directions to your local conditions. f;ome of the hog raising publications of (he United Slates department of agriculture ag-riculture are listed below: Si lne Management," Farmers' Bulletin Bul-letin 'HTi: "Breeds of Swine,'' Farm- |