Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1891 — THE DIGGERY. [ARTICLE]

THE DIGGERY.

Howto Avoid Disease. A great many farmers do not study the science of feeding. A grown hog can not be fed like a pig, nor a shoat like a tow. This matter can not be trusted to hands that have had no experience. Food is not always prepared in proportion to the swine to be fed. The tendency is to overstock instead of exercising judgment and proper carb. Consequently our market gets flooded with diseased hogs. In my opinion, the only proper method in the management of swine in large numbers is in colonizing whllo young, and also in fattening the swine in portablo, small houses with partitions. Let them sleep in pairs, for disease spreads more rapidly and will linger longer about the nest than in all other places, Piggeries retain the disease much longer than fattening pons. Deep houses, where the sun and fresh air can not enter, are fever harbors. Movable, platforms, to feed on, made in sections, houses made reversible, so as to front toward the south in winter and toward the north in summer, will moke a shady placo in hot weather, and will protect the swine against cold north winds. Sectional, movable floors should be used in wet weather.