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cheaply produced than any other meat. Hogs gain a pound in 

 weight for four or five pounds of dry food, sheep gain one for nine, 

 and cattle one for twelve. 



Disease. Hogs are easy to keep well and are hard to cure when 

 sick. If kept in dry, clean, well-ventilated quarters, supplied with 

 plenty of pure water, and properly fed, they are apt to be healthy. 



HOGS HURDLED ON COWPEAS 



By use of hurdles, or movable fences, this field is grazed a part at a time. 



The most serious and fatal disease to which they are subject 

 is cholera. This is contagious, and the bacteria which cause it 

 may be carried by persons, animals, and streams. A stream which 

 has its source outside the hog lot is a constant source of danger and 

 a frequent source of infection. Few hogs recover from cholera 

 and the treatment must be largely preventive. A mixture of salt, 

 sulphur, and hardwood ashes should be kept in a trough in a shed 

 to which hogs have access. Well and sick animals should be kept 



