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6. Have you any hogs that do not seem to be thriving ? 

 If so, can you judge what is the matter? Do they cough? 

 Do they lack appetite ? Do they look rough coated, and 

 run down? Is it likely that they have tuberculosis? That 

 they have worms ? Have they the thumps ? 



7. Examine several hogs out of your herd for the pres- 

 ence of lice. Are your hogs ever treated for lice? Why 

 is it that lousy hogs never thrive well ? 



8. Compare all the different types of hog-houses used 

 in your neighborhood. How many are clean, light, well 

 ventilated, and have the windows so placed that the pens 

 receive the sunlight during the spring farrowing season? 



9. Discuss the value of the cholera serum as a pre- 

 ventative for hog cholera. How would you proceed to get 

 state and government help for the care of hogs if any of 

 them showed symptoms of hog cholera? What are some 

 of the symptoms ? 



10. Show how to keep a book account of a pen of pigs, 

 five in number, for a season of six months. The items 

 should include labor costs, feed and equipment. 



11. Show upon the map the relative standing of the 

 hog states of the Union. Has there been a falling off or 

 an increase in hog production during the last ten years? 

 Refer to the last census report of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



6. Demonstrations 



1. Demonstrate upon the blackboard or with paste- 

 board or paper, how to make a hog-house ; also a hog pen 

 with feeding floor; then make a miniature outfit for the 

 club festival or school fair. 



2. How best to move hogs from place to place. Would 

 you drive,'lead, or coax them? 



3. Demonstrate by diagram the proper divisions of a 

 hog for the butcher's meat block. 



4. Demonstrate the proper method for the vaccination 

 of hogs for hog cholera. (Consult Farmers' Bulletin No. 

 379.) 



