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In place of the time-honored mud-hole hog wallow provide a 

 sanitary concrete wallow, in which the animal will be able to take 

 a cleansing bath and at the same time enjoy the contentment of 

 coolness and comfort. An excellent example of a modern sanitary 

 concrete hog wallow is shown in Fig. 39. 



Give the hog a chance to keep clean by providing him with a 

 clean lot in which to exercise, feed him on a clean floor, and pro- 

 vide him with a sanitary wallow in which to bathe, and you will 

 soon come to the conclusion that instead of being the dirtiest of 

 animals he is one of the cleanest. 



Fig. 52. — Concrete hog wallow in pen of State Serum Plant, Nashville, Tenn. 



Hog lots should always be properly fenced, so as to keep the 

 animals from getting out and straying along a public highway. 

 Cholera hogs are continually being transported to market along 

 these pubHc roads, and they are constantly leaving behind them 

 a trail of disease-producing material. If your hogs get out into 

 the public road, and come in contact with these infectious dis- 

 charges, they are just as certain to contract cholera as day is to 

 follow night. Properly fenced hog lots also prevent stray animals 

 from entering, and keep out dogs, cats, and other prowling ani- 

 mals, any of which may carry the disease to your herd. 



Sleeping Quarters. — Here also a little attention and exercise 

 of common sense will prevent enormous losses, not only from 



