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hogs on decomposed and souring food which no other animals 

 would eat. 



Especially make an attempt to keep your swill barrels, slop 

 buckets, etc., reasonably clean. To do this means a great ad- 

 vance in the prevention of the stomach and bowel diseases which 

 so often lead to the breaking out of cholera. 



Make it an especial point never to feed dead animal carcasses 

 to your hogs, and especially never to feed the dead carcass of 

 another hog. This is, of course, doubly important if the animal 

 died of, or may possibly have died of, cholera. The only safe 

 rule, however, is never to allow swine to feed upon a dead animal 

 carcass of any kind. 



Feeding of swill and garbage from city homes, restaurants, 

 hotels, grocery stores, etc., is to be strictly forbidden if you wish 

 to avoid an outbreak of cholera in your herds. Remember, some 

 of the most severe outbreaks of cholera ever seen have followed this 

 practice. Scraps of diseased pork very often find their way to the 

 hog's stomach in this way, and this will never fail to result in the 

 development of hog-cholera in the unfortunate animal and an 

 enormous money loss to the foolish owner. Feed only clean, 

 healthy food, and you will be many times repaid for the slightly 

 greater cost. 



(6) Proper Variety of Food. — Hogs, as well as man and other 

 animals, require a certain amount of variety in their food-supply. 

 This- is absolutely necessary if their digestive apparatus is to be 

 kept working properly. Do not feed your hogs on a strictly corn 

 diet and expect them to do well. Give a little variety, and in 

 making a change from one class of food to another do so gradually. 

 For instance, when starting to feed green corn in the fall make the 

 start slowly. Otherwise you will upset the digestion and pave the 

 way for cholera. 



(7) Sunlight and Air. — Do not crowd your hogs into close, damp, 

 dark quarters, where they do not have sufficient sunlight and fresh 

 air. These two natural agencies are just as necessary for the proper 

 development and growth of a healthy hog as they are for a healthy 

 child. You know how quickly a child will become pale and lose en- 

 ergy and strength when confined in dark, poorly ventilated rooms. 

 This sort of unhealthy management has a like effect upon the hog. 



