THE IDEAL HOG FARM 



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This will be found much more convenient than to lift the crate 

 from the ground whenever you wish to load a hog. A small pen in 

 the swine house or other place where water is convenient should be 

 made with a cement floor and outlet to sewer, where pigs could be 

 sprayed or washed and cleaned ready for shipment. Pigs should 

 always, especially during the warmer months, be nice and clean 

 before being crated for shipment. In fact everything about the 

 farm of the breeder should be attractive in appearance and general 

 arrangement. 



Pigs about the same age and size should always be yarded or 

 pastured together, as they show to much better advantage ; in other 

 words the herd should be divided up in as even bunches as pos- 

 sible, all yearlings together, under year sows or boars in separate 

 yards each, early spring pigs and late ones in separate yards, and 

 so on all along the line. It makes a better impression on a visitor 

 than to see all ages and sizes running together. 



