. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. 48 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTUEE A Dreaded Disease. There is one disease which the hog raiser dreads, because it often destroys an entire herd in a few weeks. This disease is the hog-cholera. When the animals live all together, the disease spreads very rapidly. In some places farmers are putting their swine in small pens, or houses called "colony houses," scattered about the fields. In each colony there are from six to eight hogs. If cholera appears in one of these separate houses, it can be burned so as to prevent the disease from spreading. A Pig Sen
. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. 48 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTUEE A Dreaded Disease. There is one disease which the hog raiser dreads, because it often destroys an entire herd in a few weeks. This disease is the hog-cholera. When the animals live all together, the disease spreads very rapidly. In some places farmers are putting their swine in small pens, or houses called "colony houses," scattered about the fields. In each colony there are from six to eight hogs. If cholera appears in one of these separate houses, it can be burned so as to prevent the disease from spreading. A Pig Sends a Boy to College. "A boy, whose parents were too poor to send him to college, once decided to make his own money and get an educa- tion. He bought a fine sow and began to raise pigs. His hogs increased so rapidly that he had to work hard to keep them in food. By saving the money he received from the sale of his hogs, he had enough to keep him two years in ;. Pig. 29. Berkshires on 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 Nida, William Lewis. Chicago, A. Flanagan Company
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