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BIGGLE SWINE BOOK. 



Swine, like human beings, suffer from wet feet. 

 The hog, unlike the farmer, grunts when grateful. 

 Don't breed " squealers ; " the well-bred hog is seldom noisy. 

 Bury the idea that anything is good enough to feed the hog. 

 Sows should be weeded out as well as cows. 

 Keep only good milkers. 



A tame pig will turn its owner a profit, a wild 

 one is a nuisance on any farm. 



Don't keep the boar with crooked legs, no 

 matter what his pedigree may be. 



Many old farmers scrub scabby pigs with but- 

 "' termilk, and it proves to be a good thing. 



The old legal fence in Pennsylvania was re- 

 quired to be horse high, bull strong and hog tight. 



Kill a runt that won't grow with proper care, and in nine cases 

 out often you will find traces of organic disease. 



Sudden changes are usually to be avoided, but the change 

 from a wet bed to a dry one cannot be too sudden. 



Do not compel the brood sow to climb a steep plank to get 

 into her pen : it causes serious injury and difficult births. 



It has been determined by actual experiment that poor feed- 

 ing is the great cause for extra development in the length of the 

 snout. 



All the improved breeds are able to equal their advertised per- 

 formances, but it requires skill on the part of 

 the breeder and feeder. 



Here is a good way to lead a little pig. 

 Tie the rope around his throat so it will not 

 choke him, then carry it back and make a loop 

 back of his legs. He can't get away if the rope 

 doesn't break and you can hold him. - - J - 1 -' "- J ; =^ a ^"; 



A friend of mine has a box with a slit at the bottom opening 

 into a trough in which he keeps constantly a mixture of one 

 pound of copperas, one pound of sulphur, one pound of black 

 antimony, one-quarter pound of saltpetre, one quart of salt and 

 one-half bushel of wood ashes. He has it in a dry place where 

 all his hogs can get at it and thinks this is one reason why he has 

 never had cholera on his place. 



It used to be quite common in some sections 

 to see pigs out to pasture and along the roads 

 Y) with yokes so they could not scramble through 

 the fences. The yoke and manner of applying it 

 are shown in the illustration. Now-a-days good 

 " wire fencing that is hog proof is so cheap and so 

 universally used that I have not seen a yoked hog for a long time 

 in my neighborhood. 



