PIGS AND PIGGERIES.

Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 45, 19 September 1911, Page 4

PIGS AND PIGGERIES.

IMPORTANCE OF GOOD HOUSING. The first matter, and one of the most important, to be decided before commencing pig-keeping or the erection of new piggeries, says Mr J. L. Bruce, during the course of an article on " Pig Breeding and Management," published in the " Journal of the Department of Agriculture," is the choice of a site. Pigs, like most animals—and more so than appears to be necessary for some — require warmth and freedom from draughts and damp, more especially protection from the latter, which if t\ey are subjected _ to, re - 'erstl'i.i frequently victims to eun: .Ac ailments, with conse., & meral unprofitableness, .-.., ! pr ritableness, and heavy >ali< Rheumatic troubles lso ;quently due to errors ox diet, pecially to stale and sour n .. Piggeries should, therefc , be built on rising ground, facing the north, and if any choice is obtainable, cold clay subsoils should be avoided. The not necessarily be a concrete floor is desirable, and will possibly be found the cheapest, while it is decidedly the most sanitary, and therefore, the most satisfactory. In this country protection from the direct rays of the sun is equally as essential as shelter from the weather. Store pigs, says Dr. Bruee, should be provided with a small securely fenced enclosure for exercise, and there provided with green food, such as grass, clover, lucerne, maize, or roots ; but shelter from the sun and weather, and a-com-fortable bed should always be accessible. No other stock should be allowed-within this inclosure.