CHAPTER VII. 



THE PIGGERY. 



One sow and one litter in each enclosure is the idfal nutn- 

 bet . Tim. 



The ground where the piggery is to be located 

 should be high and dry, so that the rains will wash 

 away all filth. If the ground is well shaded and well 

 watered, so much the better, but by no mcAns should it 

 be located on a stream which flows across other land, as 

 the danger of disease is thus greatly increased. A spring 

 located on ground over which you have entire control 

 would be all right, but statistics show that streams are 



the most potent 

 agency in the distri- 

 bution of hog chol- 

 era germs. In the 

 absence of a spring, 

 water can be cheap- 

 ly and conveniently 

 furnished with a tank 



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vation and pipes to carry the water where needed. 

 Windmills are now so cheap and so effective that the 

 matter of supplying water in this manner can be ac- 

 complished at little cost. In the absence of natural 

 shade, artificial shade should be constructed by setting 

 crotches in the ground and laying poles or rails across 



