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working out of profitable systems of farm management 

 on farms where milk stock are kept. A special service 

 is maintained for co-operation and aid in bam and silo 

 building. Farmers engaged in dairying and those con- 

 templating going into the business may secure valuable 

 and practical assistance by communicating with the De- 

 partment in charge of this work. 



THE HOG INDUSTEY OF KENTUCKY. 



By E. S. Good, Kentucky Ageictjltueal Experiment 

 Station, Lexington, Ky. 



There is much being done by various agencies in 

 the State of Kentucky to make the raising of hogs both 

 a safe and a profitable venture. The enormous losses 

 formerly sustained from hog cholera are now practi- 

 cally insured against by the use of anti-hog cholera 

 serum, which can be obtained at cost from the Experi- 

 ment Station, and used as a preventive if secured and 

 administered in time. Bulletins and pamphlets stating 

 the best methods of controlling hog cholera and other 

 diseases affecting hogs can be obtained by an interested 

 breeder. The hog cholera clubs established in this State 

 are a further measure for the purpose of an organized 

 effort toward eradicating this disease. 



The Kentucky Live Stock Sanitary Board, in its 

 strenuous and effective work in eradicating the foot- 

 and-mouth disease in this State, as well as in other help- 

 ful measures, has made the industry of hog raising a 

 safer one. 



The influence of the Kentucky Swine Breeders' As- 

 sociation has been most helpful to the hog raisers of 

 this State. At least once a year this organization holds 

 a meeting for the purpose of discussing problems con- 

 nected with the swine industry, and it can always be 

 counted on for recommending and working for legisla- 

 tive measures favorable to this industry. 



The Extension Department of the Experiment Sta- 

 tion is making a fine effort to interest the boys of the 



