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Show mm. CLEAN GROUND IS LEST FOR SWINE r.Tor-.t Profitable Practice for Farmers Anywhere. ' The practice of mining !m:rs on i-I'MM ground and Mil clean equipment probably has done more to make bog raining profitable for farmers who UM-d It (ban any other production method. One farmer found that be could pro-(ba-c I'll) por.ndu of pork on tj hush-(U hush-(U of corn and 20 pounds of tankage by raising his pigs on clean ground. Mis neighbors who had ui. thrifty pigs found I bat It required VI bushels )f corn anil f!0 pourals of tankage In the liKiductiot, fif Hie same weight of pork under t.'ie old fashioned system of management. Thorough cleaning of pens and equipment In the farrowing house, the first slop In the McLean county s. -t cm, can best be done when the eipiip-ii. eipiip-ii. cut Is modern, preferably of steel, '.(nibbing wllh plenty of lye water and an application of a good disinfectant disin-fectant afterward lessens the danger of the young pigs picking up round worm eggs and disease germs. Keniodoling and preparation of the bog house can heal he done In the Hummer. Pens can be patched up or I' liuilt, damp Honrs can be planked to make them warmer and dryer anil ventilation ven-tilation systems can he Installed In lioufes which are frosty and unheallh-tul unheallh-tul In winler and In which hogs are Mihject to "flu" and other respiratory discuses. In some cases it may be nec-ces'-ary to line frame houses inside the rludding and rafters with boards or Insulal ing material so that the bouse can he kept warm and the temperature uniform. I, liter carriers and feed carts save many steps in large hog houses and can be Installed with little trouble. Illuming water piped Into the hog house also Is a great convenience and a time and labor .saver. After the growing litters are transferred trans-ferred to pasture and housed In Individual Indi-vidual sheds much of the work of caring for them can be eliminated by (he use of self-feeders and automatic watcrers. |