. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. PORK PRODUCTION FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. 21 (2) Make a stud}^ of tho permanent pastures of the community with reference to the Uipe or t3"pes of soil used, the kind or kinds of ^ass crop, the period of the year (hiring wliich grazing is afforded, the hfe in yeai-s of each kind of permanent pasture, the method of ])hinting or seeding, the number of acres in permanent pasture on each farm, the total pastui'e acreage in the community, the percent- age of arable land devoted to pa;^turage, and the average n
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. PORK PRODUCTION FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. 21 (2) Make a stud}^ of tho permanent pastures of the community with reference to the Uipe or t3"pes of soil used, the kind or kinds of ^ass crop, the period of the year (hiring wliich grazing is afforded, the hfe in yeai-s of each kind of permanent pasture, the method of ])hinting or seeding, the number of acres in permanent pasture on each farm, the total pastui'e acreage in the community, the percent- age of arable land devoted to pa;^turage, and the average number of hogs an acre of pasture su])port:.. Correlations.—Tabulating the information called for in Exercise 2 provides ^^Titten Avoik and exercises in arithmetic. LESSON IX. TOPIC: SANITATION AND DISEASES. Time.—Spring. Lesson outline.—Sanitation: Hogs should be provided with clean, dry, wcU-vontilated quarters. F'eeding places should be ke])t clean. Ki(i. 12.—A cement wallow—a desirable type. and the water supply pure. Hogs should be allowed access only to streams the sources and courses of which are known to be uncon- taminated. Wallows (fig. 12) should be kept clean and supphed constantly Avith clean water. The houses and immediate premises shoidd be thorouglily disinfected (fig. 13) once a month with air- slaked lime or a 5 per cent solution of crude carbolic acid. Animals that show indications of sickness should be immediately isolated. 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , Govt. Print. Off.
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