CHAPTER XXIV 



CARE AND MANAGEMENT 



Aside from the various practical points on care and manage- 

 ment discussed in the chapters on feeding and breeding, special 

 attention is now given to sanitation and equipment. Many of 

 the common diseases that often prove so very fatal to swine are 

 due entirely or in a large measure to carelessness or indifference 

 in management. It is well known to swine breeders that few 

 hogs are free from lice. These vermin are blood suckers, and 

 in a very short time they produce a weakened condition of the 

 animal, thereby rendering it far more susceptible to other dis- 

 eases; even cholera is more virulent and more deadly when the 

 herd is infested with Uce. 



DIPPING SWINE 



To free the hogs from lice or other vermin, all newly ac- 

 quired hogs should be dipped immediately upon arriving at 

 the farm in much the same way as suggested for sheep (see 

 page 423). The hogs should not be permitted to infect the 

 quarters or lots before dipping. The same dipping-vat as that 

 suggested for sheep may be used, as well as the same coal-tar 

 preparation, although the solutions may be used somewhat 

 weaker for swine. All stock hogs should be dipped at least 

 twice each year, or whenever they become infested with lice 

 (Fig. 173). 



Good results are reported from the use of a self-dipping device. 

 This device consists of a shallow vat about ten inches deep and 

 eight to ten feet square. It is built of two-inch plank and placed 



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