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green forage cut and fed to them? (c) What other feed do the swine 
receive at any time of the year? (d) What difference is made in feeding 
the breeding hogs and those that are being fattened? 
4. Dipping. —Do the hogs ever become infested with lice? Are 
they dipped periodically? How often? Describe the process. 
5. Shelter. — Describe the pens or stables used for hogs in your 
vicinity. Are they lighted and ventilated and sanitary, or are they 
breeding places for disease germs? Are they convenient? Is there a 
hog lot connected with the pen? Is that filthy or is it kept fairly clean? 
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6. Diseases of swine. — Find out what are the common swine diseases. 
Tell something of their nature. How can hog cholera be prevented? 
7. The pigs. — (a) Do all breeds produce about the same number of 
pigs to the litter? What are the prevailing numbers among those in 
your section? What is the highest number reported? (6) At what 
age do young pigs begin to eat other food than their mother’s milk? 
What is the best device for feeding them so that the old hogs cannot 
have access to the trough? What different kinds of food are given them 
now? At what age are the pigs finally weaned? 
8. Marketing. —To whom do the farmers sell their hogs? What 
prices prevailed during the last year? What are the chief markets to 
which hogs are shipped from your section? 
