62 BIGGLE SWINE BOOK. 



Pack the swill barrel so that it cannot freeze. 

 This is easily done by boxing it in roughly and pack- 

 ing around it closely with chaff, leaves, sawdust or 

 charcoal. This packing should not be less than one 

 foot on all sides and at the bottom. A heavy top box 

 and one which can be quickly opened completes what 

 will prove of great profit and comfort to the swine. 



Keep a mixture of salt, ashes and charcoal within 

 reach at all times. Keep troughs, quarters and food 

 clean. There is not any reason why hogs should be 

 more subject to disease than any other farm animals. 

 Filth is responsible for four-fifths of the "hog cholera." 



LEAKAGES. 



Put the hogs in the old pasture and let them 

 root up the grubs. 



^ -v It costs but half as much to fatten a young 



\iv 7* animal as an old one. 



'* 4r Prepare a pig for the family roast during the 



first cold weather. 



Pigs large or small can make good use of grass or clover 

 in a rack. 



Pigs farrowed when the sow is on grass are always healthy. 

 This fact favors both green food and exercise. 



Some farmers dump a load of light woods earth into the pen 

 every month, and think it pays. Better turn the pigs out. 



We cannot gratify a hog's ambition to possess the whole 

 earth, but we can profitably give him a portion of the soil. 



Skim-milk is by all odds the best basis on which to build up 



a balanced food for little pigs. It is pretty well balanced in itself. 



Give plenty of pure water. Be careful that the hogs have 



all the water they want at night. They are apt to drink heavily 



before going to bed. 



