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and then covering with a good roofing of straw. It 

 should be located on the north side of a fence or hedge 

 and should not be too high. Dirt is the best floor for 

 a shed of this kind that can possibly be used. In hot 

 weather the hog delights to lie on the ground, and if 

 allowed to do so they rarely seem to suffer much from 

 heat. Great care should be used not to expose hogs 

 to the sun when the weather is hot, for no animal will 

 die so quickly from heat as the hog. 



For pasturing hogs during the fattening process, a 

 good rule is to allow an acre of ground for every five 

 hogs, letting them all run in one pasture. If raising 

 pigs is the object, the pasture should be divided into 

 lots, of about an acre each, with pig-tight fencing. 

 This enclosure will be large enough for two sows and 

 their litters, and not more than two sows and litters 

 should be kept in the same enclosure. When several 

 litters are allowed to run together, the strong rob the 

 weak in spite of anything I was ever able to do. But 

 when kept separate, all feed alike and grow alike. If 

 I had room for only two litters I would raise but two 

 litters. Two litters well cared for will make more 

 money than four litters poorly cared for. 



Where pigs run in a pasture or orchard, the shelter 

 for the farrowing sow, 

 shown herewith, has been 

 found highly satisfactory. 

 A horse can be hitched to 

 it and take it to any part 

 of the field. In the illus- 

 tration the boards are cut away on one side, showing 

 the interior. It should be made eight by four feet with 



