120 BIGGLE SWINE BOOK. 



It is some labor to make a stack of hog manure, 

 to scatter plaster of paris upon it, and to put it into neat 

 shape. But it probably pays well. I have personally 

 done it with satisfactory results ; certainly with the 

 result of having more and better manure than when 

 the operation was forgotten or neglected. 



Taking the fertilizing value of equal weights of 

 manure in its natural condition, farm animals probably 

 stand in the following order : Poultry, sheep, pigs, 

 horses, cows. 



GAINS. 



Be jealous guardians of all manure made on the farm. 



Hogs drop most manure quite near their feeding places. 



The hog loves a bath, but what benefit is a bath in liquid mud ? 



Hog pens should not be on steep places ; too much manure is 

 lost. 



Clean the pen twice a week, and be surprised by the size of 

 the accumulated heap. 



The dung of hogs should never be in pellets, as such a condi- 

 tion indicates constipation. 



