Show WINTER CARE OF SWINE npte nrJ tb Ur e of ou fullj Wlntrr D SI lnf Tho question 01 tlceplng ijaortors h 1 an Important one Wintering hogs III liirgo droves and around etrnw ctncL 10 1 not conilnclvo to lx > t result Ono Krca objoctlon to tho prnctlco oi allowing Inrgo numbers to not together i tho they pllo up In cold weather In which coudltlou they generate n good ilcnl ot iMOinturo When they como forth from fuch u condition on n told < winter morn liirf they uro 1 cry apt to tako told Another An-other bedroom Hint Is bad 1 Ii tbo IIOK lionsovrlth a floor to or three fu I from tho ground I Many tmb bnlldlngj are open on one or moro eldcs 10 thnt II cold iluft can Kit under tho Door Thu cuirth Itself with n littlo straw maki 3 tho host bed In tho world for n hog It It Is I dry Thin rltcs a conlrlhut it to Tho Iralrlo Turuier uud 1 authority for tho following J Dlvldo thci herd Into mull lotx of not moro thin ten each nnd In thociiHocf matured brood tow a II ho nr nix 1 Kui them I 1 uitiu rtl poiiiblo nnil hnvo them dry I nui not goliiKlo nihlse liny ono who Imi n nlco punmncut I hojfbouio to abandon lIoc but I certainly nlviso any farmer who fontemplates build III nno not to do so It in dilllcult to got suullubt and tnrmtli into largo hoimos and mure thun thnt they nro very apt to become n hotbed of dwaso germs nnd much fertility In wasted about them HOB should bo changed about from lot tn lot Wo want n rotation of hOI Jims so to 8poak turnlnr up neb lot In turn to the KHII and ulr tropplui ii mason cr two nnd puttluR It back to urrm In thN way tlio fertility In scattered scat-tered where It 1 will bo of use and Iho swine are much healthier Tho drawing herewith submitted will comiy an Idea Of ft portable eleepliiR and LretilluK piu that I hao used for n number rf year Ihcy give jno satlifaUioii Bwlue are rOIlT AnLE ELCEnxo rj v of course necr fed in theso pens I fml outdoors tho joar rOD lid either on the dry earth or on portable feeding lloorn These pens nro 8 feet Bqnnrc To make them construct n platform 8 feet fqnnre usiiiR 2 bY1 ceantllngs for sills and inch ktull for door Xuxt take eight board 10 fict long 1 Inch thick nnd 13 Inches wide taw them In tho center nnd use them for tho roof as shown In tho drawing Uws half Inch lulteilfl to cover rrncke A entllator should bo placed in Ibo roof and a email Mimlow over tho door When completed n nan ran stand upright in tho pui nicely They stand right on tho ground BO that no cold ilr can get under them A door Is I not necessary as they are > cry warm without They nialtn n splendid breeding breed-ing pen for one sow by placing n S by 4 or a 9 by tJ ncrois the end opposite tbo door and 0 to 8 iuchoi from the floor Tho pen is completely fendered as tho sow cnunot lie down eloio to tbo eaves ard tho pigs can set out of tho way This stylo of pen costs about 5 to build It is I tory durable Two men will easily raiio np one side of it when n Ftono boat may bo placed under for tho purpose of changing its location I havo fioeral of theanpena In tho sum ruer they aro moved to tho pastures for shelter against storms nnd in tho fall they nro noted tho yard |