Show iff 7 MISSOURI SWINE HOUSE PLAN building with concrete floor Is 1 shown in Illustration hogs manipulate nip winging swinging S doors an excellent plan for a hog house bouse la given by william critchell in the missouri valley farmer as follows illustration no I 1 shows shown the floor ina plan a of my hog house 24 by 60 feet in this house there are 16 stalls 6 by 8 9 feet divided into a sleeping place 3 by 6 feet and a 9 feeding place 5 by 6 feet one cooker room 8 by 12 feet one feed bin 8 by 12 foehand foe tand a driveway 8 feet wide with sliding roller floors no 2 gives an idea dea of the cond concrete rete floor 24 feet wide A la Is the sleeping place B the feeding floor with ith a 2 inch kise next to bedding to kaep out litter 0 the driveways driveway 8 feet fee aidea twide A band C and A tre all on the same level leaeu the feeding floors doors BB are 6 anchon higher than AA sloping to 4 inches li higher than C all litter drops into the driveway where it can be taken uland hauled out as fertilizer no 3 shows t the lie house bouse plan alan with lighting space at top end small swinging doors at bottom these doors are hinged dt at the top so BO as to swing owing both in and out the hogs moon boon learn to open them and they stay shut abut I 1 would use 4 by 4 dimension lumber and make building B 5 feet afeei to first eaves and 14 feet to the i I 1 17 1 56 az e w C j 0 carbor cAr jor W J feed bia I 1 I 1 daxl aar E a A fal ED EV a 19 ER a el a 0 na N r 3 X I 1 0 mao 0 f aa su 13 aso fa 1 floor plan no 21 2 cross section of feeding floor no 3 form of house econn giving a window space at top of 4 feet placing a post at each cornor corner of every stall gives plenty of strength then by putting in a few birts siding up with no 1 stock boards nailed on up and down and stripping the cracks you have a abood good building the roof roaf should have halt half pitch pieces of 2 by 4 10 feet long make ake the lower raf rafter ter and theses these cut un in the tha middle make the upper ratter rafter AFFORDS AID TO HORSES horseshoes HOEa apparatus invented by alabama ma man strapped on animals back holds foot up Horse shoeing has bien been made a simpler and safer operation through the invention of on an alabama man this consists of an apparatus that straps on the back of the horse coraa or nule mule and holds up the foot to be shod abod ihus saving the blacksmith the trouble of holding it between his knees and eliminating the possibility of the animal kicking the man through the wall when ho he gets restless A saddle I 1 with a lever pivoted to it Is strapped to the horses back pivoted to the lever Is aid to a long bar that runs over the animals back with the front end fastened to hla his collar over the rear end of mhd bar hangs a foot support with a band that Is fastened around the horses foot and holds it up at whatever height the blacksmith desires also preventing the beast from kicking OXFORD SHEEP ARE breed originated in england from cross of cotswold Cots wold and hamp shire ahlee downs grow rapidly oxford sheep originated in england in the early part of the century from a cross crosb of cotswold Cots wold and hampshire downs they have been known since 1857 7 as Oxford shire or oxford downs and andare are now widely distributed over the united states and can ada they are the largest and heaviest of the down breeds when in good flesh the rams should weigh to pounds and the ibe ewes from to pounds the wool Is rattier coarser than any other of the medium wool breeds and the fleece Js heavier weighing from 10 to 12 pounds unwashed the tace ace Is usually an even dark gray or brown with or without a gray spot on the tip of the nose they are best beat adapted for lands furnishing good pasture and do not succeed as aa well under tinder range conditions or on rugged broken pastures the ewes aro are very prolific triplets being not uncommon the lambs grow rapidly and are of good form the chief elior shortcoming of the breed Is that it to Is not as hardy as some others LESSONS FROM DRY FARMING farmers in humid regions of east can gain sugg suggestions i regarding conservation of moisture re from the dry farming methods lillep are arc so BO to success ahr throughout ou ghost the west farmers tit in the more humid districts of tho the earit can often gain valuable suggestions with regard to the proper conservation of 0 Mo moisture liture ono lesson fesson which may inay be learned Is in reference to the treatment of the small email grains the past east eril farmer usually considers cons ldora wheat oats and barley as crops which cannot be cultivated consequently no attention Is paid to them from the time they are sown until they are ready to harvest not so with tho up to date farmer fanner lie he cultivates his grain fields after every rain front from the time thy they are well started in the spring until they tire are too high to allow of furth er cultivation says the country aen gentleman the spike tooth harrow Is used for the earlier workings its aa tho grain grows larger the weidor Is substituted at by means of the latter implement grain may he be cultivated almost up to the time when it begins to head the advantages of this cultivation are twofold two fold in the first place it serves to break the crust which as so likely to form after the spring rains and to close the cracks which tho frost has haa made in the winter grain fields this lessens the evaporation of moisture which Is most rapid faiia from crusted or cracked soli soil and conserves it until it Is most needed by the growing crop the advantage of this precaution Is most apparent ju in the semiarid districts but in dry seasons it la Is noticeable everywhere in the tha east rolling winter wheat as aa soon eoon as it Is safe eafe to go on the ground in the spring Is perhaps to be preferred to harrowing if clover clovea Is planted with the wheat it should bo be sown before the rolling Is 16 done the rolling covers the clover sead and also firms the soil about the roots of the wheat plants where it has beon been loosened by heaving the other effect of cultivation to Is in the keeping down dowa of weeds and for this purpose it Is just as useful and just as necessary in the east cast as aa in the west small weeds meeds are very easily killed with the harrow barrow or weeder and if the work Is properly done the grain will not bo be injured three precautions are nece lasry in handling small grain drilled grain only should be harrowed for cultivation destroys a portion of the stand of df that which has been sown broadcast and so lessens the yield for the same reason the harrow harrowing ing should he be done in the direction of the drill rows rather t than han across them fields on which grass or clover seed has been sown bown should not be harro harrowed wedi for the young plants are as easily killed by this treatment as are the weeds none of these precautions need be observed it if the roller is used on winter grain but the roller Is of little or no use ink im killing weeds in the east except in the driest seasons it will not usually bo be profitable to 10 harrow barrow grain fields more than once another lesson chmay be learned from the alry dry farmer Is the disking of land which Is to bo be plowed later in order to keep heep the soil from baking until the plowing can bo be completed this practice was waa begun in th ewest on grain stubble after harvest in order to bold whatever moisture was in the soil for usually little rain falls after that time since the disking can be lone done much more rapidly than tho the plowing there is less chance for far ev evaporation ap in in addition to remaining rema ining in condition to plow for a much longer period land which has been disked Is much less inclined to break up in clods and lumps than un disked soil and hence Is more easily put in condition for planting the loose earth which la ii thrown to tho the bottom of the furrow unites much more readily with the furrow slice and no larger air spaces are left |