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your hog will get the benefit of all food fed, and you and the hog will both 

 reap a profit. Stop feeding worms. 



WINTER AND Your hogs need special protection, winter and summer, 

 SUMMER for their coats are thin, and the scattered hairs hardly 



save them from burning heat or piercing cold. They are 

 the most sensitive of all animals to cold. How they will "crowd up" the 

 first chilly night maybe suffocating or trampling some of their number 

 and certainly exposing all to cold or pneumonia by getting overheated ana 

 then suddenly chilled. 



HOW TROUBLE Don't fear to keep things too clean. It is a thing that 

 STARTS can't be done, you can tell your easy-going neighbor. 



One careless man in the community can start an epi- 

 demic that will clean out profits on a dozen different farms. Don't stand 



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in doubt, but up with the can of Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant, 

 pour a few tablespoonfuls into a bucket of water for diluting, and disinfect 

 everything as a preventive. It's safe to be sure. Never trust another man's 

 hogs. Take it for granted every new animal may be an infected one, and 

 dip and disinfect accordingly. This is the only safe way against terrible 

 and sudden losses. See page 218 for more about Dip and Disinfectant. 



MAKE SURE Great precaution should always be taken with the new 

 boar introduced to the herd. Most successful swine 

 husbandmen make a practice of actually quarantining a new boar for a 

 few weeks before making use of him no matter what the evident good 

 health of the animal, or what the guarantee regarding his undiseased 

 condition. If he has been shipped in, traveling in a car, there is danger 

 of infection en route from various sources. Make sure on your own 

 account. Use Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant according to direc- 

 tions with every new animal. 



