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houses can be increased as the herd may increase and it is possible to arrange and 

 bank them in a sheltered place to render them useful for providing winter quarters 

 for sows, gilts and fattening hogs. 



The accompanying illustration of the framework of an A-shaped, portable 

 hog house and the following bill of lumber is necessary to construct the shed 

 in complete form : 



Nine pieces 1" x 12" x 16' and 11 O. G. battens 16' long for roof. 



Three pieces 2" x 6" x 16' and 11 O. G. battens 16' long for roof. 



Five pieces 1" x 12" x 14' for ends. 



One piece 2" x 4" x 10' for ridge. 



Two pieces 2" x 8" x 10' for plates. 



Seven pieces 2" x 4" x 16' for rafters and braces in frame. 



Three pieces 2" x 6" x 8' for runners. 



Four pieces 1" x 12" x 16' rough for flooring. 



Sanitation, Disinfection and 

 Quarantine Measures. The hog 

 is naturally not a filthy animal. 

 One must exercise care, how- 

 ever, in keeping pens and yards 

 in a clean, sanitary condition for 

 otherwise filth rapidly accumu- 

 lates and the environment be- 

 comes undesirable. Hogs that 

 receive proper kinds and 

 amounts of feed are least in- 

 clined to root up their yards. If 

 the hog house and feeding yards 

 have proper drainage it is not 

 difficult to keep the hogs from 

 wallowing in filthy pools. Pro- 

 viding concrete pools in which clean water and crude oil or disinfectants can 

 be available for hogs, are desirable in many respects. 



Disinfectants should be used freely. Five parts of creolin or crude car- 

 bolic acid in one hundred parts of water, chloride of lime, or proprietary disin- 

 fectants should be used to disinfect pens. Where a contagious disease has 

 been present, floors, walls, all equipment and immediate yards should be 

 scraped and disinfected. Larger paddocks and fields should be plowed where 

 they become foul. It is a good plan to have a regular season for cleaning, 

 whitewashing and putting building and yards in good repair and order. 



Where animals are purchased or are returned from fairs and expositions, 

 a rigid rule of keeping them quarantined and separate from the home herd for 

 three weeks will guard against a general outbreak of disease. Any sick hog 

 should be removed from the herd immediately and the disease carefully in- 

 vestigated to prevent a further spread of it. Hogs, which die are best disposed 

 of by burning the carcass. They at least should be buried deeply enough to 

 prevent their being dug up by dogs or other animals. 



