Pig-Keeping
Pigs are really clean animals, states the New South Wales pig expert (Mr. A. F. Gray). They will respond to. "whatever conditions they are given. They are not natural inhabitants of mud and filth. Housing is of great importance. Warm, dry sheds, with no draughts, but with large, roomy, outer yards, should be used. Concrete in the yards prevents dampness from being brought into the sheds. A wooden floor in a pig house prevents the animals from becoming cold and miserable and from contracting pneumonia, to which young pigs are susceptible. The chief trouble in rearing young pigs is the ease with which they contract disease from germs in filth. Cement troughs should be used.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20782, 17 July 1937, Page 15 (Supplement)
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116Pig-Keeping Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20782, 17 July 1937, Page 15 (Supplement)
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