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filthy wallows, or other impure sources, is to court disaster from 

 disease. 



Scope of Suggestions. As this is not a treatise upon South- 

 ern agriculture, it is out of the question to discuss suitable soils, 

 methods of cultivation, etc., for the various crops mentioned. All 

 that has been attempted is to show the possibilities of the South 

 along the line of cheap pork production, and to urge farmers to 



Photograph from Dr. E. M. Ranck, Mississippi Agricultural College. 



FIG. 59. Hog colony house recommended by the Mississippi Agricultural College. It 

 is a modification of the A-shaped pen, the sides being hinged at- the top. In summer the 

 sides are lifted up as shown in the picture, in which position it affords shade during the whole 

 day and allows a free circulation of air. In winter the sides are let down, when the pen ia 

 as comfortable as the ordinary A-shaped pen. 



utilize the advantages existing in their location, whether the 

 number of hogs they raise be few or many. Experiment Stations 

 are for the guidance of the farmer, and the wide-awake farmer 

 will look to his State Experiment Station for advice regarding 

 the culture of crops with which he is not familiar. 



The reader is referred to the chapters dealing with results 

 of experiments in swine feeding for further reference to many of 

 the feeds mentioned. 



