. Southern pork production. lying crude oil, old lard or other greases. Aboveall, the boar should be kept gentle if such is should be handled often, firmly, but gently. Bad habits.—Practically all bad habits to which swineare subject are either the direct or indirect result of poorfeeding or faulty management. Hogs that are closelyconfined about the house or barn frequently developsuch bad habits as chicken eating, rooting, fence break-ing or climbing, ill temper, chasing other animals, eatingpigs and cow sucking. Nine times out of ten these badhabits are the result of improper fee
. Southern pork production. lying crude oil, old lard or other greases. Aboveall, the boar should be kept gentle if such is should be handled often, firmly, but gently. Bad habits.—Practically all bad habits to which swineare subject are either the direct or indirect result of poorfeeding or faulty management. Hogs that are closelyconfined about the house or barn frequently developsuch bad habits as chicken eating, rooting, fence break-ing or climbing, ill temper, chasing other animals, eatingpigs and cow sucking. Nine times out of ten these badhabits are the result of improper feeding and poor man-agement. It is a difficult matter to break hogs of thesehabits, and a much better way of handling the situationis to remove the cause, which means proper feeding ongrazing crops in the field. CHAPTER VIII SWINE DISEASES AND THEIR CONTROL Indications of disease.—One of the essentials to suc-cess in any system of swine industry must of necessityconsist in the ability to detect and control swine Sunlight and dip are used to prevent disease on the farm ofW. W. Shay, Cruso, N. C. There are so many ailments to which swine are subjectand in which the mortality is high that it becomes im-portant that we be able not only to recognize diseasewhen it occurs, but we should know the causes of diseasein order that we may more successfully prevent them. 174 SWINE DISEASES AND THEIR CONTROL 175 Likewise, we should know the recognized methods oftreatment for the more common diseases. It is an artto be able to detect disease in its primary stage so thatit can be properly handled to prevent spread and properlytreated to effect a cure where possible. We must, there-fore, know what the healthy condition of the hog is andknow what conditions are indicative of lack of health. In many diseases the first place where its effect willbe noticed is in the temperament or disposition of theaffected animals. They may be sluggish and dull, refuseto eat, and show other indicatio
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