The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-20

shelters. Good shelters generally
we're recommended. some advising
small houses and some large ones.
The breeding sows should be i'm well
lighted and heated houses. A sandy
soil with good drainage is desirable.
If hogs have a considerable range
they should have shade. Some advo-
Gated a place to wallow, others did
not.
Methods of Feeding.
All agreed that nothing is to be
gained by cooking the garbage, but on
the other hand it is harmful to do
this. as the animals do not do so
well. Some thought it pays to use
enough heat to melt the the garbage
i'm the winter, but nos to cook it.,
though others did not think this
necessary.
Most Of the speakers believed that
hogs do better on garbage if bred
from garbage-fed animals. There
was a good deal of difference of
opinion as to whether animals should
be fed on garbage exclusively, and it
was agreed that more accurate data
are needed.
Some strongly urged letting the
animals feed from wooden or cement
platforms. Others feed in troughs,
and some are much in favor OF
troughs on skids which can be NOV
ed from place to place. Charles III.
Knight of Louisville raises hogs on
a large dumping ground to which all
OF the mixed garbage Of the city is
hauled. He claimed that the hogs do
very well indeed.
Breeds Of Animals.
There was general agreement that
much attention should be given to the
Of the animals. There were
no reports OF using pure bred hogs for
utilizing garbage, but 1t was agreed
that high-grade animals should be
used. Mixtures of Yorkshires, Jer-
seys, Durocks, and especially Tam
worths were recommended. Atten-
tion to breeding is considered one Of
the most important elements of sue
cess.
Diseases OF Garbage-Fed Hogs.
Although tuberculosis has been al
legged to be serious menace to gar
bage-fed hofs, facts were presented
to show that this is not SO, and that
tuberculosis is less common in gar
bage-fed animals than in animals
which feed on skinned milk. or
which follow cattle. Mr.. Horn said
that Of 100000 pounds of pork only
hfty-one pounds had been condemned
for tuberculosis. On the other hand
the incidence OF this disease is very
high in many western animals. Fig
ures were also presented to show that
there was no excess of trichinosis in
animals.
The greater menace to hog raising
at the present time is hog cholera
There was great deal of technical
discussion as to the nature and mode
Of this infection, and also as to the
best methods of vaccinating against
the disease. All were agreed. how.
ever. that it is entirely possible, at
moderate cost, to successfully vac
cinate a herd against hog cholera So
that the losses are of little moment.
IL was admitted that much Of the vac
is done in q slipshod manner
and Is not successful. More careful
Federal and State control was urged.
The general feeling of the confer
'nce seemed to be that garbage feed
ng is a desirable and economical
means of garbage disposal. There
are large number of cities of small
Ind moderate size where this method
of disposal can be undertaken imme-
iiately. Many large cities now en-
'loying other methods may find it de-
'irable to make a change. The profit
rom garbage feeding can be much in.
creased when more is learned about
he best methods of feeding, of Sc
Getting hogs. and of housing them.
Much OF the success i'm hog feeding
depends upon the ability and expert
OF the man i'm charge