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The breed is becoming very popular in the central 

 states. 



310. Care of Swine. " The hog does not need a palace 

 or an upholstered cage, nor does he prosper in a dungeon." 

 Some farmers go to extremes in erecting an expensive hog 

 house with conveniences that add little to the comfort of 

 the animals. Others, on the other hand, house their swine 

 in a filthy hole under a stack or beneath a few rails cov- 

 ered with a little fodder. 

 Swine need quarters 

 which are well-lighted, 

 well-aired, dry, and 

 clean. It is best to 

 locate the hog house 

 near a pasture lot or 

 orchard, so as to give 

 them a runway and a 

 place in which to wallow. DUROC-JERSEY. 



Some successful hog raisers are not in favor of hog wal- 

 lows, for the reason that wallows soon become filthy and 

 thus spread infectious diseases, particularly cholera. Such 

 dangers, of course, must be guarded against. If the wal- 

 low is so arranged as to provide for the circulation of the 

 water, and if a little coal tar is added occasionally to the 

 water, scant fear need be entertained on this score. If 

 the farm, however, has running water in the barn, it is not 

 costly to build cement baths in the hog yard. 



If cholera, the most dreaded hog disease, does break 

 out, great care must be taken to establish a strict quar- 

 antine. Healthy animals must be kept apart from those 

 afflicted. After the hogs that have died from the disease 

 have been buried or burned, the entire quarters should be 

 sprayed with a five per cent solution of crude carbolic 

 acid. 



