. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDING AND CARE OF SWINE 353 The quarters should be located on well-drained ground and should be so arranged that they may be, easily and thoroly cleaned and disinfected. Swine may be housed in a central hog house having a number of pens or in small movable "cabins" or colony houses. Many use a combina- tion of the two systems, for in'the northern states the central house is well suit
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDING AND CARE OF SWINE 353 The quarters should be located on well-drained ground and should be so arranged that they may be, easily and thoroly cleaned and disinfected. Swine may be housed in a central hog house having a number of pens or in small movable "cabins" or colony houses. Many use a combina- tion of the two systems, for in'the northern states the central house is well suited for winter shelter and spring farrowing, while the port- able houses are particularly useful for housing pigs on pasture. Pigs. Fig. 99.—One Type of Colony House foe Pigs Colony houses, which are of several types, are especially useful for housing pigs on pasture. Note the shade at the rear of this house. (From Fuller, Wisconsin Station.) wintered in colony houses, especially young ones, require considerably more feed than those in warmer quarters. This is more or less offset by the low cost of the cabins and by the ease with which they may be shifted to prevent disease and parasites and to distribute the droppings of the animals. In severe weather corn stalks, horse manure, or other litter may be banked against the sides of the houses. With liberal bedding, all but very young pigs should then be com- fortable. When litters come in severe weather a lantern hung in the cabin furnish sufficient warmth. For breeding stock and growing pigs ample exercise is of the utmost. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932; Morrison, F. B. (Frank Barron), 1887-1958. Madison, Wis. , The Henry-Morrison company
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