70 Forty Years' Experienoi of a Practical Hog Man. 



sleeping place. The sleeping quarters should -be thoroughly- 

 cleaned out and the ground or floor thoroughly wet with 

 the dip. This would be beneficial in several ways; if 

 the ground was used instead of a floor, it would be 

 dampened by the dip and oil. The oil would cert,ainly be a 

 great help here as well as in the dip, as it would keep down 

 the dust. After the sleeping place has been oiled once or 

 twice, there would be no danger of an accumulation of dust 

 during the season. If the ground is treated in this way, 

 there will be no need of bedding during the summer months, 

 or until the weather becomes cold and bedding is needed 

 for warmth. 



We have noticed in earing for pigs, that it is often the 

 case that the feed used lacks in mineral matter, and we have 

 therefore found it ai great help to keep a mixture of mineral 

 matter in troughs or boxes where the pigs and hogs can go 

 to it at will, and it is surprising how much will be eaten 

 by them. The mixture we generally use is composed of 

 ground rock phosphate which we buy for use on our 

 land, and to this we add flnely ground limestone; to 

 give it a flavor and a relish, also mix in some salt, and often 

 add to this slacked lime, thoroughly mixed; these ingre- 

 dients form a very desirable mineral feeding preparation. 



In carrying the pigs along from weaning time to ma- 

 turity, too many should not be allowed to herd together — 

 especially is this true if they are of various sizes and ages. 

 Where they must run together in large numbers and vari- 

 ous sizes, there should be a separate feeding place with a 

 graduated creep where small pigs can pass through and 

 eat by themselves, unmolested by the larger ones. There 

 is no surer way of getting a bunch of runts on the farm 

 than by allowing all sizes to eat in the same feeding yard. 



A creep of from twelve to sixteen feet long can be made 

 between panels of a fence dividing the feed yard where large 

 numbers are fed. These spaces should be made of rollers 

 with a piece of iron in each end standing upright and set 

 into a two by six or other size timber just wide enough 

 apart, so the smaller pigs can pass through without injury. 



Pigs carried along in this way and fed and attended to 

 in the above manner should make rapid growth and devel- 

 opnient, and if desired to be kept for breeders, this same 



