CHAPTER XIX 



Sanitation in the Hog Lot 



A practical understanding of the best general methods 

 in sanitation and disinfection is as important as any other 

 feature of profitable swine husbandry. The hog raiser 

 who neglects to care for the health and cleanliness of 

 his animals is likely to see his own profits vanish and to 

 affect those of his more careful neighbor as well. He 

 owes it to his community, as well as to himself, to be 

 alert and energetic in preventing and eradicating dis- 

 eases of vermin. 



A great danger to hogs exists in specific germ dis- 

 eases distributed by bacteria and which cannot be directly 

 caused by either breeding or feeding. Such diseases 

 are encouraged by filthy and carelessly kept houses and 

 feed lots, and constant cleanliness is the most effective 

 means of preventing their dissemination. Where the 

 bacteria have been established, an absolutely thorough 

 disinfection will usually be successful in eradicating 

 them. A good rule, in any case of doubt, is to disinfect 

 as a preventive measure, and some large feeders take it 

 for granted that every new animal purchased may be 

 an infected one and treat it accordingly. 



QUARANTINING 



A farm from or to which much traveling of swine is 

 common should have a regular system of quarantine. 



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