. Southern pork production. theycan be purchased. Most agricultural colleges and experi-ment stations now furnish free plans or blue prints fortheir construction. The use of the self-feeder.—While the use of the self-feeder in pork production is a new idea, it is one of themost economical, practical, labor-saving and efficientmethods we can employ, especially where full feeding isdesired. The importance of the self-feeder is largely theresult of efforts made by Mr. John M. Evvard of theIowa Station, who has secured some quite favorableresults. It can be safely stated that the self-feeder haspa
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. Southern pork production. theycan be purchased. Most agricultural colleges and experi-ment stations now furnish free plans or blue prints fortheir construction. The use of the self-feeder.—While the use of the self-feeder in pork production is a new idea, it is one of themost economical, practical, labor-saving and efficientmethods we can employ, especially where full feeding isdesired. The importance of the self-feeder is largely theresult of efforts made by Mr. John M. Evvard of theIowa Station, who has secured some quite favorableresults. It can be safely stated that the self-feeder haspassed the experimental stage, and its use is to be gener-ally recommended in pork production. Earlier maturity, with the resulting saving in feed and labor, is madepossible. CHAPTER VII SWINE MANAGEMENT Shelter for swine.—The coat of hair on a hog is com-paratively thin, and even a cold summer rain will causeconsiderable discomfort. The cold of w^inter, even in themild climate of the South, is disagreeable to the hog, and. Monitor type winter farrowing house on farm of F. W. Clew, near New Orleans, La. any suffering he must undergo will cost his owner some-thing in the way of feed. Some sort of a roof and enoughsiding to keep out the wind are all that are necessary undermost conditions. In the winter a good bed of leaves orstraw not only adds to the hogs comfort and thrift, but asaving of feed will be effected. The hogs rarely need to 150 SWINE MANAGEMENT 151 be confined to shelter, but it should be so placed thatthey can make use of it at will. Shelter, shade and run-ning water are the most desirable adjuncts to any swine-growing plant and are essential to a proper foundation.All of these except the shelter may be natural. Underthe most modern system of pork production a portabletype of shelter is generally advisable, but there arc condi-tions under which a permanent or stationary hog houseis to be recommended. As a rule, the extent to whichswine can be grown with grazing cro