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Show I . KEEPING SWINE HEALTHY IS I : OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE D Tber Is No Thima Upon Fnrm Thnl Will So nsntflt Ftrmsr '' as to Keep Quiii-uts nnd Surroundings In Sunt- ( , lory Condition Where liny, nre Kept ( Guard Aiiiilnnt Cholera. j fifliJ,rr.-isj.;l.l'. -i , .-. jM.i. A Desirable Hog Cot. (Tlr (II'IUHIK W. HltllWN, Ohlnl There la no themo upon tho farm that will ao benefit the farmer aa to keep the quartera and surroundings nf the farm In a aanltary and healthful health-ful condition where swine are kept. Nowhere will an outbreak of cholera chol-era become, ao disastrous aa upon the farm where these animals nre kept with dirty, filthy surroundings, and no rare taken In the disinfection of the neatlng places and alop troughs during the summer time. rpon our farm we have never practiced prac-ticed the method of keeping a herd of awliie In one place very long, and never do we fntten tint more thnn one bunch of anlmala In the aame field In ono year, preferring rather to shift our operations about from pluce to place. We have nn permanent qunrtera, hut rely uion the service of the cot, shown In the Illustration. Theso bunks ran be shifted shout easily upon runnera, and many times each year are changed from one field to another, or from one pen to another, an-other, time we always hate the anlmala anl-mala In fresh sleeping quarters, and upon fresh forage. While the anlmala are located upon a new range, we break up the old range, cropping It In some profitable farm crop, thus get ting the benefit of all excrement from the anlmala, profiting In Its enrichment enrich-ment of the soli, and we as well freshening and sweetening the soil by cultivation. Then swlns should be supplied with some shade aside from a board ahcl-ter ahcl-ter to ward off the heated rays of Uie summer sun. There Is nothing for this purpose quite ao nice aa clumpa of wlllowa, catalpaa or pop-lara pop-lara grown In aome convenient location loca-tion In each field, preferably along the fence row. In eurh manner that the anlmala may have arceea to the cool-Ing cool-Ing ahade during the heat nf the day. In ono of our fields we have such clump of quaking asp and It Is plena Ing to note how contented these animals ani-mals are during the sweltering heat of the day. aa they Ha about In the ahade of thla rustling clump of trees. If there Is not such shade planted along the borders of a field we should not bo slow In planting such If wa were In the swine growing business, and every wide awake farmer ahould be, for Indeed he should consider himself loo Mior to be without this profitable animal upon hla premises. Mnny make a mistake In allowing their swine to run to the creek during dur-ing the summer for water. We have such a place upon our farm, and we might save much time In getting wa. ter to our awlne mnny times If ws allowed them to go to thla watel rourae, but we are afraid of It. Indeed In-deed In thla field we never allow our awlne to roam, for we do not know , what farmer aeveral miles above u i In another district might have coot- I era or plague, and our animals ex- , posed by contamination In the water I flowing down stream. ' . We rather prefer to keep our ans mala well away from this stream or f water, and give them pure water I from tha well In disinfected troughs, thus doing our part toward keeping down loss from cholera. We keep down the objectionable and nauseating hog wallow upon our farm and do not tolerate It In the least. We know the awlne enjoy It, but we have learned to detest Its abominable enmpnny. and by changing chang-ing the animals about, and locating new quartera frequently we keep this mire nf mud and filth abandoned With the advancement along other lines of farm niieratlona, the advancement ad-vancement In tliks line of work appeals ap-peals to ua as very significant In keeping keep-ing theae animals In a sanitary and healthful location at all times. |
