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and given plenty of exercise, they would wind up the cir 

 cuit in mueli better condition than if they had been stuffed 

 all the time. 



I have known an exhibitor to buy warm milk from some 

 of the dairymen and feed his pigs all they could hold, 

 though they had never had a drop at home while being 

 fitted. This generally results in a case of scours with the 

 pigs "off feed" for several days and by the time they go 

 into the ring they are badly gaunted up. Of course if the 

 pigs have had this ration at home it should be continued. 

 Avoid radical changes in the rations. 



TREATMENT OF SHOW HERD ON RETURN HOME 

 FROM SHOWS. 



Many successful exhibitors, when they have finished the 

 show circuit, won their laurels and arrived home safely with 

 their herds, seem to think that the animals now need no 

 further attention, except feed., This is a great mistake, 

 and if these show anima.ls are expected to go on and prove 

 what they should be, desirable and regular breeders, they 

 must be handled very carefully. 



The first thing I would advise on return from the shows, 

 would be to quarantine the show herd on a portion of the 

 farm or some other place where they would not come in 

 contact with the home herd. They should be placed on 

 good, green, succulent pasture, if possible, and if not pos- 

 sible, should have some kind of green feed to take the place 

 of pasture. They should be fed quite a little less than whUe 

 on the show circuit, and no fat-making feed, and be made 

 to take all the exercise possible, so that they may be re- 

 doiced in flesh somewhat — not by starving, but by lighter 

 feeding and abundant exercise — and if they have not been 

 too strongly fitted, they will soon be in prime condition to 

 breed. 



The show herd should be kept in quarantine about three 

 weeks, and if no symptoms of disease appear by that time, 

 it would be safe to put them with the home herd. 



Now that we can procure a reliable hog cholera serum 

 I would advise all hog men making the Fair circuits to give 

 each show animal a large dose of serum (no virus) about 

 a week before leading home for the Fairs, unless they have 



