FEEDING AND CARE OF SWINE 



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The quarters should be located on well-drained ground and should 

 be so arranged that they may be easily and thoroly cleaned and 

 disinfected. 



Swine may be housed in a central hog house having a number of pens 

 or in small movable "cabins" or colony houses. Many use a combina- 

 tion of the two systems, for in the northern states the central house 

 is well suited for winter shelter and spring farrowing, while the port- 

 able houses are particularly useful for housing pigs on pasture. Pigs 



Colony houses, which are of several types, are especially useful for housing pigs 

 on pasture. Note the shade at the rear of this house. (From Fuller, Wisconsin 

 Station.) 



wintered in colony houses, especially young ones, require considerably 

 more feed than those in warmer (|uarters. This is more or less offset 

 by the low cost of the cabins and by the ease with which they may 

 be shifted to prevent disease and parasites and to distribute the 

 droppings of the animals. In severe weather corn stalks, horse 

 manure, or other litter may be banked against the sides of the houseg. 

 AVith liberal bedding, all but very young pigs should then be com- 

 fortable. When litters come in severe weather a lantern hung in the 

 cabin will usually furnish sufficient warmth. 



For breeding stock and growing pigs ample exercise is of the utmost 



