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mals to swallow a large amount of their own manure in order to get 

 a square meal of corn. 



Have your feed lots so located that they drain easily, and also 

 have them so situated that they are not crossed by any running 

 stream of water. 



Avoid placing hogs in a pasture or feed lot that lies close to a 

 public road. Also have your feed lots so fenced that it will not be 

 possible for your animals to get out and wander over into some 

 one's else feed lot or for some strange animals to enter your 

 lots. 



(3) Sleeping Quarters. — Provide light, dry, airy, and well- 

 ventilated sleeping quarters for your hogs. Have them roomy 

 enough that overcrowding will be unnecessary, and provide suffi- 

 cient window space to allow of the free entrance of sunshine and air. 

 Remember always that pure air and sunshine are the two best germ 

 killers that we possess. 



Do not, under any conditions, allow your hogs to burrow under 

 straw piles and manure heaps, nor have sheds covered over with 

 straw stacks and manure. This always leads to overheating, suffo- 

 cation, and diseases of the lungs and throat. 



(4) Water-supply. — Be just as particular about the purity of 

 the water-supply for your animals as you would be for your house- 

 hold. Remember that impure water is just as capable of producing 

 disease in animals as it is in man. This is especially true in refer- 

 ence to cholera, as it has been clearly demonstrated that cholera 

 can be transferred from one farm to another through the agency of 

 impure water, and especially by running streams. 



Provide sanitary drinking troughs for your hogs, and do not 

 require them to secure their water-supply out of an old, dirty, filthy 

 trough which is filled with dirt and germs. 



Remember the many dangers which threaten human lives as 

 well as the lives of your animals if you have an impure water-sup- 

 ply on your farm. Typhoid, measles, diphtheria, and many other 

 diseases are often transmitted indirectly through water or milk. 



(5) Food-supply. — Here also you must exercise the same degree 

 of cleanliness which you would use in reference to your own table 

 if you expect your animals to do well. Hogs must not be made 

 the scavengers of the farm. Do not make a practice of feeding 



