Elementary agriculture (1917) Elementary agriculture elementaryagricu01nida Year: 1917 SWIXE 47 separate place for small pigs and another for fat- tening hogs. Such hog houses are made in many forms. Some are round, others square or rectan- gular. (Fig. 29.) In any case all buildings should be warm and dry with plenty of light and air. (Farmer's Bulletin 438—Hog Houses.) Diseases. The two most common diseases of hogs are tuberculosis and hog cholera. Hogs get the germs of tuberculosis through their food. Pigs fed on the refuse from dairies and cheese factories get the germs from infected cows
Elementary agriculture (1917) Elementary agriculture elementaryagricu01nida Year: 1917 SWIXE 47 separate place for small pigs and another for fat- tening hogs. Such hog houses are made in many forms. Some are round, others square or rectan- gular. (Fig. 29.) In any case all buildings should be warm and dry with plenty of light and air. (Farmer's Bulletin 438—Hog Houses.) Diseases. The two most common diseases of hogs are tuberculosis and hog cholera. Hogs get the germs of tuberculosis through their food. Pigs fed on the refuse from dairies and cheese factories get the germs from infected cows. Hog cholera is sometimes called swine fever because a fever always accompanies the disease. Frequently the hogs die very suddenly after a few hours, other forms allow the animal to live several Courtesy of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Fig. 29. A iceU-bidlt and icell-arranged central hog house, showing arrangement of outside pens.
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