Show FARM AM A 41 4 1 W af ff IOU CK isa cleanliness IS 19 SWINE ESSENTIAL did not acquire their reputation as ai filth loving animals until after man had domesticated them in the wild state the pig Is a clean animal evria evaa under the highly domesticated conditions on farms they still show their preference for clean quarters by making bigger gains on less feed and with less sickness and fewer deaths most common of the several para 1 bitle worms which infest hogs raised under conditions Is the common roundworm it Is six to ten inches long and shaped like an earthworm the alie adults live in the small intestine and the females lay more than a million eggs a month these eggs which are microscopic in size are passed out oui with the feces of the tha pig to contaminate the pen within two or three weeks after the egg has been in the he open a tiny day worm develops 7 inside it in this stage the eggs may remain alive for months or even years yeara when picked up during feeding thess these worms hatch in the small intestine priss pass through the intestinal wall migrate to the liver nna and later to tho the lungs here the irritation they pro dur causes the pig to cough and abd tl thump lump I 1 the worst damage done by thesy worms however results largely f from rom the injuries which they cause during their migrations these injuries aro are large enough to permit the entrance of innumerable disease germs for instance the organism that causes pig pi typhoid or br necrotic as ag well as the germs causing other falth borne disease gain a foothold in the injuries caused hy by the worms worm e spellers esp ellers and medicated minerals will expel ue the adult worms but they ure useless against the dam damage a ge done by the migrating young wo worms Ms the swine sanitation system Is a way of avoiding dal a ll 11 tills this damage almage As most reiners formers rr iners know tile the essentials of this system are clean sows bows before furrowing clean farrowing furrowing far rowing pens and equip ment and clean pastures not used for hogs the previous lous year the pigs are hauled not driven to these clean pas tures and nd kept there until they are at least four months month sold old when properly curried carried out this system pin of manag merit keeps pigs free from roundworms round worms lung worms and almost all of tile the diseases with the exception of cholera to which pigs are subject mating and breeding of sheep in september best the breeding season of the ewe usually commences in this country about september A ewe will comp como ki tient heat every ever y fifteen or thirty days daya generally every month and tile the period lasts from two to three days the gestalt on period is somewhat irregular from to 1 efio days old shepherds figure on about 20 weeks to encourage a ewe ee to take the die ram early and to have the whole lock flock us as neur near it a certain time as possible the old custom of flushing Is practiced extensively this Is done by feeding a little grain and juicy feed such fia as rupe rape green rye or roots in tills way wai the genital organs are stimulated und end tile lie ewe Is more likely to conceive it Is mso falso clai claimed nied that a greater number of wins owing will be dropped where lushing Is practiced tile ild advantage vantage of u early lamba ty recognized by all bre bleeders eders wherever sli shelter efter jiin cnn be provided for the ewes alad lambs lai lihs it muy may seem raj rainier her cold to have lambs in february huary Fe yet the farmer or young blit 1 auve more time ti ine to attend the allock of at that part of the hie season later in the apar y ear work in the lie fields Is a cause of neglect uy by may and june the lie early lambs will ile be in good condit condition lon to go on grass and in every res respect surpass the biter anter ones immunizing young pigs Is profitable practice alfes cur car be I 1 at four goeks 0 of age instead of walting waiting until after w and 05 per tei cent protection obtained according to doctor graham of 0 the university of illinois iu in addition to the pro protection teMon gained the amount of tabor labor kind and serum scrum necessary Is reduced red by tin im munzing rg at this thia age in the verg ver alivs s experiments only GO 60 it if 1033 is t so treated and exposed to cholera at market time died of cholera most alost ul in the pigs were treated at four weeks week of age cubic cenal meters 0 clear concentrated serum ill three lirty cubic centimeters ot of virus the rivera gp treating pigs fol well nial has fins been U cubic of ser baruni tint indicating tile the brov of big savings in large herts hens creep for foi pigs hie pigs will need a bj by iriki aies home bome handy place near lif fit feed fence olt oft a small yard that thai isif plies i cun can call ull all their own make mahe luto into it that will keep the ider lings S out ut tind hod let the pigs in in the lilg trough jut put the lie kind of feed that will grow i row bone und arid chumle it Is abood n bood plan not to supply the pigs pl vath hii more of these feeds than they till dean clean up nt at euch each feeding tor for 1 ll 11 I quickly making it entirely lap tit ft for feeding feung to any animal |