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Show i .h.u.i . .. .h..........i....i..m..................-..-" LIVE STOCK j NEWS j "DIRTY AS A PIG" IS SLANDER Porker la aa Cleanly In Its Habits as Any Other Farm Animal If Given Chance, "As dirty as a pig," is a common expression, yet the fact remains that a pig Is as cleanly. In Its habits as other farm animals If given a chance. Too often the comfort of the swine herd Is, the last thing to be considered consid-ered on the farm but It has been fully demonstrated that hogs will quickly and liberally repay for extra attention given them. Since the prolit in feeding Ugs depends upon the amount of gain per unit of feed, and since perfect health Is necessary lo secure the highest possible gains, it . , is of the utmost importance that sull-. sull-. able conditions for handling hogs should he the first thing to take Into consideration. Vigorous stock, drainage, n pure water wa-ter supply, feed, suitable runs, Fharto, buildings, farrowing pens, leedln. places, wallows, etc., must all be planned for and the plans systemnt- Give Your Pigs a Chance They Dili In This Kind of a Home. Ically executed. Resistance to disease Is natural, or It may be acquired. Natural Nat-ural resistance depends very much upon up-on physical vigor. Exposure, poor food, parasites and other things that lower the vitality not only prevent hogs from making satisfactory gains but lower their resistance to disease as well. |