IS A PIG A DIRTY ANIMAL? 91 



Don't despise the pig and its unclean, greedy 

 habits of eating, because, it is owing to these 

 very habits that he has helped, and is helping 

 to comfort and support many a village home. 



It is said that the pig is a dirty animal in its 

 habits. This, however, is not so if the animal 

 is given a chance of being clean. Let the sty 

 face a warm aspect, say south, and let his sleep- 

 ing place contain some clean litter or straw ; 

 let the floor be made of hard blue brick, or 

 better still, of concrete, and let it be so 

 sloped that all the wet drains into a rivulet 

 cut along the end of the sty, which in its turn 

 drains into a cesspool outside his sty. Feed 

 with such food that, while you fatten him, you 

 keep his blood cool, and you will find that he 

 is a cleanly animal. 



But give him food that heats his blood, with 

 no cooling salt and green stuff, and let his sty 

 be filled with dirt and slush, with no proper 

 drainage, and the poor beast will naturally lose 

 all self-respect, and roll in the filth to keep the 

 heat of his blood down. 



The more you treat animals with consideration 

 and thought, or as you would wish to be treated 

 if you were in their place, the greater will be 

 your success with them and the more money 

 you will make out of them. 



The sweeter will be the bacon, and therefore, 



