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given in summer, except that roots, milk, clover or 
alfalfa may be given in lieu of the green food of sum- 
mer. The pigs usually bring a better price when sold 
before the season for grass pasturing. For various rea- 
sons there is more hazard in rearing autumn than spring 
litters, but with due preparation and due care such litters 
may be profitably reared. 
10. House for dam.—Young sows should be mated 
10 months to a year old, 
according to growth. An 
individual hog house for 
shelter should be pro- 
vided. This house may 
be of any form and style. 
but one A-shaped in con- 
struction is becoming 
very popular. These are 
built on runners and can 
be drawn to any part of 
the lot or field. Change 
of location insures clean- 
liness and does away 
with filth and mud at the 
entrance. Houses of this sort are easily built and 
7 : may be moved from place to place in the 
If the period of birth oc- fields or hog lots. They make sanitation a 
curs in winter, the house can- Simple matter. 
not be mdde too warm. A 
lantern hung inside at the top of the house is excellent protection 
at farrowing and when the pigs are very small. Always have a 
yard for the sow outside the pen; or what is better, give her the 
run of a pasture field. Such attention not only gives her content- 
ment, but exercise, thereby preventing the accumulation of flesh, 
which is a detriment to the coming brood. Exercise also develops 
bone and muscle and imparts to the offspring vigorous constitutions. 
11. At time of birth—Feed at this period light, tasty 
food, such as middlings, bran, alfalfa, or clover hay and 
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