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m THE CARE OF SWINE 



1. How would you protect the young pigs from being lain on by 



the sow? 



2. 'WTiat would you do to provide sanitary quarters? 



3. Why limit the amount of straw bedding in the pens in cold 



weather? 



4. What kind of a wallow should be provided? 



5. How destroy external parasites? 



6. At what age would you give serum treatment to prevent cholera? 



7. What may be done to prevent tuberculosis? 



8. When may the tattoo system of marking be used? 



9. What is the advantage of a concrete feeding platform? 



10. Of what should one be mindful in erecting a centralized house? 



MAKE AN INTERESTING REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS 

 IN THE CARE OF NEIGHBORS' PIGS 



H. Are guard rails vised in farrowing pens? 



12. Are the pigs kept separate according to sex and age? 



13. Is the drainage good about the pens? 



14. What winter protection is given? 



15. Is treatment for parasites given, if so how? 



16. What methods are in use to prevent hog cholera? 



17. Do boar owners remove tusks from old animals, and if so how? 



18. How are the pigs marked for future identification? 



19. Are private herd books in use? 



20. What kind of houses are most in use? 



