334 HINTS ON SELECTION, CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF SWINE. 



the other. We never pen our hogs except for fattening. We never clean them except 

 to wash pigs infected with scab or some skin disease. Hogs clean themselves in the 

 wallow as chickens do in the dust. It is safe to keep 50 or 100 hogs and pigs together, 

 but beyond that remember the danger of disease is increased. The males are changed 

 every year or two. A good plan is for neighbors to exchange males frequently, thus in- 

 suring both health and vigor. N. G. BUFF." 



Mr. Buff is a breeder who has had success with white hogs in the 

 South, but he is located in a section that will compare favorably as he 

 says with more northern localities in this respect. In other and less 

 favored spots as to water, pasture and elevation the reports are 

 pretty uniformly against white hogs in general, unless handled with 

 great care. 



