Show POINTS ON HANDLING SWINE Pork Production Should Be Be Main Maintained Main tamed by Special Utilization of Labor Supply Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture At present although h the lie labor situation situation situ situ- atlon is serious In many many Instances It need not materially affect pork production production production pro pro- on many farms The hog end nd of the business properly managed requires requires requires re re- quires a n comparatively small amount of labor except during certain seasons sea sen- sons lions of ot the year In addition to this the labor Jabor which is required can Inmany in I many instances be performed b by persons persons persons per per- sons who are not able to do the heaviest le lest iest 1 kind 1 of farm work saving Labor devices should be bc used so far as ns pos pos- Bible Automatic properly constructed will keep a t continuous supply of fresh water before the hogs tit nt all nil times with a n minimum of labor and ond n a maximum amount of food for forthe forthe forthe the swine Hogs Bogs normally are not given gl n 0 sufficient amount mount of water Self feeder fed r for grain where proper I 1 olce of or t tt 4 4 ta Is supplied will produce w. w gains economically and fully as rapidly rap nip Idl Idly as ns can be secured b by hand feed- feed Ing The They eliminate n a large amount of labor Jabor and Insure a n continuous supply supply sup sup- pl ply of or fe feed d according to the appetite of the swine The feeding of feeds coils In the thc dl dry form Instead of mixing them In the form of n 1 slop Is also savIn saving saving sav sav- In ing in labor Jabor and Is full fully as ns economical l In the use of feed as us where the lie materials ma ma- are are- ted fed wet The farms so far faras faras faras as possible should be entirely fenced hog tight In order to o permit the tho ho hog to have access to till nil fields from which the they ma may harvest tine Ole crops such as corn root crops path and tubers as well as securing portions of tho the regular crops which would otherwise be unutilized unutilized unutilized un un- utilized save for t the le addition of fertilizer fertilizer fer fez to the lie soil for future crops There Is no one thing which will insure economical pork production there are many factors Failure to properly master an any one cf these factors factors fac fec- tors may be the cause causo for tor uneconomical production |