Bad housing is responsible for many of the disappointments of pig feeders. The pig-keeper should arrange to let his animals have warm, yet roomy, pens, with free access to open yards.
Pigs must have plenty of air space and plenty of light, with a dry bed and plenty of fall for water and excreta. It is a great comfort to the animals to provide a raised platform of wood lying on the concrete floor where, sleeping composedly, they will convert efficiently into flesh the utmost amount of the ingredients in their food. Cleanliness is of the utmost importance in the handling of pigs, but it is the easiest possible animal to handle in this particular if the housing is right. If pigs otherwise well housed and attended show scurfy skin, it is an indication that all is not well within, and that some modification of the ration is called for.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 April 1938, Page 3
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