Show HOGS KEPT UNDER SANITARY CONDITIONS ARE BETTER ABLE TO WARD OFF AILMENTS f hA Tuberculosis Hogs Infected by Work ing Over Pile of Manure From Diseased Diseased Dis eased Cattle Prepared by the United States Department Department Depart Depart- ment of or Agriculture In healing dealing with the diseases of hogs preventive pre measures must be most relied relied re re- re lied on The animals must be given dry c and well ventilated quarters which must be kept clean Contrary to common common com com- mon belief hogs have ha some habits which raise them above other domestic domes domes- tic animals from the thin standpoint of cleanliness For example unless com cora to do so a hog will not sleep steep In It Its own filth If a part of the floor of the pen Is raised and kept well bedded with straw while the rest Is not all nil excrement will be left on the imbedded ded portion of the floor and the bed Itself will be he always clean clenn Attention to Feed In addition to cleanliness close at nt attention should be given to the feed so that nothing mu may be he fed that will convey comey the germs cerms of disease especially especial especial- ly Iy tuberculosis tuberculoses to the herd If It the ho hogs s are fed milk In any form obtained ob tamed from cows kept upon the same some form farm the time cows should be subjected to the tuberculin test If they run rim with with the dalr dairy cattle of the farm a n tuberculin tuberculin tuber tuber- culin test of all nil the cattle Is none the less desirable Animals dead from any di disease ease should not be fed to the ho hogs s until the meat has been made safe by cooking Skim milk or refuse from fromn troma n a public creamery should not be t fed d to hogs until It has been thoroughly sterilized Feeding and drinking prances places should be clean and the water supply pure Unless the origin Is known to be uncontaminated un un- contaminated and there has been no tY of Infection during Its curse course ho hogs s should not be allowed access ac ac- cess ces to any stream Wallows should be drained out and kept filled up as M roach much ns as possible At least once n a I month the time quarters should be disinfected disinfected with slaked air lime or a 5 per percent percent percent cent solution of crude carbolic acid These precautions will be he found valuable able aids In the destruction of the various various va rious animal parasites as well as a protection from some more serious troubles Danger of Inbreeding While Inbreeding Is the surest and quickest means menns to fix type It should h resorted to with the greatest care The value of the system Is that It enables enables en en- ables the breeder to Intensify desira hiE bip characteristics In a hf herd rd and makes Improvement possible in n a n shorter time than where selection alone Is used It stands to reason that If desirable characteristics can be Intensified the same will be true of undesirable ones Much of the disaster disaster ter tel which seems to have followed In Inbreeding inbreeding In in- breeding has hus probably been due to the fact that this point pont was overlooked or 01 given only slight Importance and tints thus loss of vitality and constitution nail and susceptibility to disease have fol lowed Therefore If Sf t the young breed breed- breeder er contemplates Inbreeding he should n avoid old that tend to unite similar simi lar her defects dp Not only should care be taken to prevent this In fa the animals mated but there should be no chance of bad effects due to the Inheritance o of undesirable characteristics from parents and other ancestors Some of the greatest work ever eyer done In hog hogt hogI t I reeding has been based on these prin prin- The straight corn con diet which many hogs receive from one years year's end to the other also lessens vitality and the there re researches of the Wisconsin experiment experiment ment station have shown that this Is probably brought about by retarding the th development of the vital organs A minimum of inbreeding and a varied diet including especially for breeding stock ample range will therefore better bettor bet bet- tor tr enable the time herd to resist the attacks at tacks of disease Advantage of Isolated Hog Houses The advantage of ot a number of small portable houses bouses each accommodating a a 0 few hogs rather than one large pig pig- gery ger for the entire herd has hns been heen re re- referred referred to previously In districts where cholera Is prevalent these are undoubtedly the best hest shelters They make male it more difficult to to carr carry contagion con con- to all nil animals in the herd and the destruction of one of them In case of an outbreak does docs not entail a great grent expense An added advantage Is that they may be moved mo from place to place as needed While more work I Is necessary In feeding the convenience ence nce and safety from their use more titan than offset this disadvantage Quarantine Restrictions Whenever any animals are brought t to o t the he farm or when animals are brought from shows or from neighboring neighbor neighbor- ing farms they should be kept apart aport from the time rest of the tine herd for at nt least three weeks If It they have been ext exposed ex ex- t posed I os cd to hog cholera or swine pla plague ue the diseases will be manifested within with with- in this time and the sick animals can he be treated or killed and disposed of at once If It cholera breaks out In the neighborhood neigh boyhood the fanner farmer should maintain a n strict quarantine against the Infected Infect infect- ed it herds lie should refrain from visIts visIts vis vis- IsIt It Its to farms where tre they are ore located find and should Insist on requiring that his neighbors stay out of his hog lots Do Dogs s cats crows and buzzards ma may carry the lime Infection from farm to farmand farm form farmand and should be he guarded against as ns fit fa far faras as possible |