| Show II i CLEAN GROUND IS BEST FOR SWINE Most Profitable Practice for Farmers Anywhere The practice of raisins raising hogs on clean cnn ground round a and anil ll with clean equipment probably has done more to lo make ake bog raising profitable for tor farmers who used It than any other method One farmer found fond that hunt he could method produce produce pro pro- duce lace pounds of pork pok on G C bushels bush hush el els of corn earn and onel 20 O pounds of by raIsIng raising his hIs pigs on clean ground ills His neighbors who had hUll pigs found that It required 10 bushels sf if f corn and GO 30 of In the flue I production of ot the same weight of pork flork under the old fashioned system of management ement Thorough cleaning of pens and equipment In the farrowing house honse the first step In the the McLean county s s. s tent teni can cau best be done when the flue equipment equipment equip equip- ment Is modern preferably of ste steel l. l Scrubbing with plenty of ot I lye e water anti and an nn application of 01 a 0 good disinfectant disinfectant afterward lessens the danger I of the young pigs pl picking up roundworm round roundworm roundworm worm eggs and disease c germs Remodeling and preparation of the hog house can cm best bet he be done lone In the summer Pens can cnn be bl patch patchier patched rl up or rebuilt damp floors floats run can be he planked to tomake tomake make them warmer and dl dryer cr and ventilation ven yen systems can he In Installed In houses which are arc trost frosty and unhealthful ful In winter and md In which hogs hog are subject to flu and other lither r respiratory diseases In some cases It may he be nee nee- to line frame houses Inside the studding and rafters with hoards boards or Insulating material so that the house can an be kept warm and the temperature uniform IU Litter r carriers and feed carts save save many steps In lar large c hog hon houses e and can cnn be Installed with little trouble Running water piped Into the hog house also is a great convenience o lIce and anda a time and labor saver sa After the growing litters are transferred trans trun to to pasture and house l In individual Individual Indi vidual sheds sheds much of the work of caring for them then can be eliminated bythe by hy bythe hythe the use of self feeders and automatic I |
