Show CLEAN GROUND IS BEST FOR SWINE most profitable practice toi iov farmers anywhere the practice led of raising hogs on clean ground and with clenn clean equipment probably lias has done more to lm ho 9 raising profitable for farmers who used it than any other production method one farmer fanner found that lie could produce pounds of bork on 6 bushels of corn and 20 pounds of by raising ills pigs c clean ground ills neighbors wb had unthrifty pigs found that it required 10 bushels of corn and 30 20 pounds of in tile prod production lICHOTA of the same of pork under tile the old aid fashioned system of management thorough cleaning of pens and equipment in the farrowing furrowing far rowing house the llie first step in the Al clean county s torn tem can best be done when the equipment ment la Is modern preferably of steel scrubbing with plenty of lye water and tin nn application of a good ilsan disinfectant afterward lessens the danger of the young pigs picking tip round worm eggs egg gs find tt jease germs germi remodeling and preparation of tile hog house bouse can best lie he done in the summer pens can bo be patched up tip or rebuilt damp floors can bo be pinched blanked to make them warmer and dry dryer crand anil ventilation ti systems can call he be installed in houses which tire are frosty and fill in winter an and in which hogs nrc are subject to lo allu and other respiratory diseases in some cases it may lip im rec nee cessare to line frame houses inside the tha studding and rafters with hoards or insulating material so that alint the llie house can he be kept warm an and the uniform litter e carriers and foed feed anks sav save e ninny many steps in large hog lioti lilii li es and can be installed with little trouble running water piped pipe I 1 nto into the lie hog house also Is a gi great eat convenience and a time and labor aver after the growing g litters are transferred to pasture and housea in individual sheds much of the work of caring for foi them can lie be eliminated by the use of self feeders and automatic auto water ers |