Show pigs on big pastures most likely to thrive among tile valuable sidelights on profitable pork production that have been brought out in the swine sanitation work pushed throughout illinois during the past few years by farm arm advisers and the college of ure aire university of illinois Is the fact that pigs raised in large larg ge pastures do better than those confined to a small irea the average area of pasture allowed for one sow and litter on 10 forms farms which reported was nine tenths of an acre many sows bows were kept on a still smaller plot of ground altogether pigs were raised in pastures of less than one acre a litter the number of runts in these small pastures averaged one runt to each 71 pigs in pastures a little larger ranging from one to two tuo acres a utter litter there were 2827 pigs raised and the number cumber of runts was one to each 77 pigs in pastures of two or more acres a litter there were 1201 1204 pigs raised and the number of runts was only I 1 to pigs these figures benr bear out the common observation that infestation of pigs with worms or germ disease Is usual ly worse when ahen they are confined to small areas according to E T robbins live stock extension specialist of the college where pigs hive have a considerable range to roam over they are more likely to keep healthy ably in such casts any infestation which may be present Is c EO 0 scattered that the pigs do not get much of it |