FARMING AND FOXHUNTING 



Before the days of the Pigs Marketing Board, when 

 bacon production in the county was certainly in 

 its infancy, Mr. Stratton, the Chairman of the 

 County AgricuUural Committee, thought it advisable 

 that his staff organizers should obtain more useful 

 information from Scandinavian countries on modern 

 methods of the pig and bacon industry. 



The choice for this work fell to the lot of Mr. 

 Price, the Chief Organizer of the county. How- 

 ever, Messrs. Harris, of Calne, had a thought that 

 they would like to support this movement, and on 

 the condition that a farmer was selected by the 

 N.F.U. to be one of the party, they would be 

 prepared to contribute £^o towards the expenses of 

 the expedition. The County N.F.U. very kindly 

 offered me the job which I gladly accepted. This 

 proved to be a very instructive and interesting trip, 

 covering Denmark, Sweden and Germany. The 

 Danes have for years led the way in modern bacon 

 production and from them we obtained the latest 

 ideas of the housing and feeding of the pig. I was 

 amazed to find such a massed pig population very 

 free of infectious diseases ; this, of course, is from the 

 fact that the Dane has the pig sense to a marvellous 

 degree ; he certainly has the will and the knowledge 

 to keep the pig clean, comfortable and well fed. 

 When the pig enjoys these conditions he makes 

 a flourishing industry. Where else can you find 

 pigs housed in such numbers in such a small space ? 



One sees there several centres where they are 

 accommodated in two storeys, the weaners on the 

 upper and the fatters on the ground floor. Luckily 



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