CO-OPERATIVE PIG RAISING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 916, 8 September 1910, Page 10

CO-OPERATIVE PIG RAISING.

v ;■■;■'■.- TAAATAHt " : '• . Tho first coiislgiinieut of jn'gs for tho Tarat.ihi Dairy Company' is ; reported, to-'hiivo; and : to'have-been installed in quarters .-which, from tho /description giyqiij appeaivto. bo sanitary ;ahd;,comforta|lo.?■'-•; ■'.;*?'' ■'■'"' '■'■ A correspondent ;, of the . ifastorton "Age' r states:—"The Taratahi," Company .are leaving no stono unturned to niako.-. the'; pig. industry a paying concern.;'-.. .They-'have, the paddock fenced off.into , twelve' different'-- nins of.;, four and/a half '.-'• long.; Tlio -pigs' houses are at:one'end, and tho feeding trough: at the other cud, so that " : the .pigs .havovto. travel- for" their- food.The houses';are'.-built' \of ■ wood,, with cbhorqlo ■floors; ; 'thoro -.are. mova 1)16 -wooden .floors .on,.fop.vfor the pigs, to. ; sieep : ,on, a'h'd tliese' are taken .out and the' concrcto;cleaned-, every day. 'Tho' feeding, troughs-are; glazed-pipes", set in •concrete. 'Arouird theitroughs there.is a. concrete floor.7ft. wide with Bm.;fall, "running dut'.'to: the 'outside of the run■■ into a concrete "drain, which is ■ the whole length oftlie!twelve runs, and the; w'afcqr race }i' to be.brought.into uso so as; tp,;h.ave.'; same:.'running sd 'tha V.everything ! can 'be kept'-clean and free of smell. l The whey.is.'.blpjni', up. ■ to-.the topjitank-by meaus of -?'an : ejector, : and-thenvpasteurised; so.tliero'/ will;be. no■:fear , .of -.'any, tuberculoidsamongst, the pigs.. After -the. .pasteuri-'.' sation of the whey it is convoyed .'to tliij; pigs;by means; of pipes,,; . and, ' each ■trough is filled ';by .'mean's, of a -tap;: rib ; tiuokets 'bcing : required. ■;All;this' \vbfk. has: been done by, day labour,'; undei - .■ the. aupervisipu I ;ofithe cHairman-(Mr. '■ W.' ;,V,:U; :^;-.'";■ :v':\