Beginner’s Problems 371 
THE FARM 
Having considered the locality, it is well to ask a few 
questions regarding the farm itself: Are the farm prod- 
ucts suitable for hog feeding? Is the land sufficiently 
well drained to permit hogs running on pasture during 
the greater part of the year? Is there abundant shade, 
or will artificial shade be necessary? Does the over- 
flow from adjoining farms run over the place and thus 
increase the danger of infection? Are there many other 
hog-men in the vicinity? If so, are they careless about 
the spread of disease? Have they given the community 
a reputation for producing good stock, or do the buyers 
look askance at everything coming from that source? 
If the farm is to be devoted largely to hogs, the greater 
part of its area should be capable of producing the staple 
cereals and one or more legumes. If cows are kept for 
dairy purposes, it should be determined whether the 
skim-milk or other by-products will be utilized more 
economically by pigs or by calves. About one pig to 
a cow may be maintained if half the calves are raised, 
but if all the calves are to be raised, a smaller number 
of pigs must be kept. In general, one may safely count 
on one pig to each seven pounds of milk available daily. 
If dairying is followed only part of the year, the time the 
pigs are on hand must be adjusted to the supply of milk. 
Swine are particularly adapted to dairy farms where 
the skim-milk can help fill in the gap between the wean- 
ing and fattening period. With the exception of high- 
grade dairy heifer calves, pigs will pay a better price 
for skim-milk than any other class of stock. In fact, 
under most good systems of farming, pigs and dairy 
cows on the same farm will pay better than either one 
