Show PROVIDING GOOD SHELTER FOR THE HOGS Z cn sr A portable A shaped hog flog house with chains and singletree for fop haull hauling rig prepared by the united states department of 0 agriculture the accompany cut showing a portable A shaped hog bog house with chain and singletree for hauling can bo be built very easily and cheaply states farmers 1 bulletin it la Is constructed of I 1 by 12 inch plank with cracks covered with batten it la Is open fa i front and should be placed facing the south couth the floor isa la 8 feet wide and 6 feet from front to back and la Is nailed to throe three runners or skids the skids may be made of lumber or poles about 6 inches in diameter find and flattened on one side to which the floor Is nailed A largo large hole can be bored through the tha front end of the outer skids so BO that a chain can be fastened to them to facilitate cili elli tate moving tho the hou house housely seby by the uso use of a team A piece of 2 by 4 inch material Is nailed on the outer edges of the top of floor to prevent the house from spreading at the batom bol torn each side of the house Is made of six pieces of I 1 by 12 inch plank 8 feet long nailed to a piece of 2 by 4 lying lat flat about 0 9 inches from tile the top of the plank another about 36 feet from the tup top and a piece of 2 by 8 nailed edgewise about 11 31 inches from the bottom this should be braced at each anch end of tho the underside by a right angle block of 2 by 8 inch material nailed to the rail and to the side of the tha house the long piece of 2 by 8 will act as a guard under which the young pigs may take shelter when the sow BOW lies iles dawn this will save many pigs from being crushed to death the back of the house fits between tho the two two sides aides in A a groove made by nailing two pieces of I 1 by 1 inah material lengthwise on the tha inner side of each side of the house the house Is then set up on the floor and the sides hold held together by nailing a short abort piece of 1 by 6 inch plank across the front arid and back of tho the housa about ono one and one halt half feet below the top this will prevent it from being blown down by the wind or a storm A saddle hoard board made by nailing two pieces of I 1 by 6 inch plank together can then bo be put pout over the he ridge of the house to keep out rain A house built thus can be moved on the or qu can bata be taken kep down by removing the 1 by inch ginch G braco fromi from the front and the back of tho the house it if the house Is located in an open field where there Is danger of heavy winds a 01 guy wire should be securely fastened to a stake driven deep into the ground this la Is a precaution which w will III justify the trouble required as it may save a litter of pigs from being crushed in case of a storm such a h bouso use can bo be constructed without the takedown jakc down feature and by securely nailing it will not need the guy wire some dirt may be thrown up nt at the front af ae ho house oae to the he level qc of tho the floor so BO that young pigs may enter without trouble material feces sary to build this house is as follows thirteen pieces I 1 by 12 inch lne by if 10 feet for sides aides back an and d floor pt of house nine pieces IG feet batten three pieces 2 by kinch 4 inch by 12 feet for frailie framework work T two inq pieced 2 by S by 12 feet I 1 for or pig rail oi or guard one piece I 1 by inch ginch G 6 by 16 6 feet tor for saddle board three poles for skids nails total board feet of lumber I 1 44 linear feet ot of batten three poles pole and tho ahe nalls As rough lumber suitable for the construction of such a house bouse can cag usually be secured for about 11 per 1000 in the south the material will cost about fave dollars this type of house la Is suitable tor practically all parts of the south us as no extremely cold to la experienced and the tha open front permits sunshine to enter the house for P ival val hours each day in case a boy moi both obtain material to 10 build such a bause house as has lust juat been described he be get wh wherever eteVer material to ie available on tho the farm und build a shelter for his lings hogs it can be made out oi of waste planks for any shelter that will protect tho the hoga bogs from rou winds and rain and give them a dry airy bed at the he santo time permitting the sun to shine in during a portion of the day clay will be quite an iro im pro provement over conditions existing on so ao many farms at present A shelter to be used during the rutn uro mer iner mar be ba made by netting ting four poles or posts posta into the ground and securely nailing 2 by 6 irich inch ma around these abovitz three feet from the iha ground r lipon these a few light poles may be put pui cross crosa alao and straw or tiie coarse hay piled ou on top the straw vr should bea piled higher in the middle V than uin at the edges edge and smoothed down va to vw un unaa as this win will rutt curr rut T lmh abade dunnig the greater oart 0 of abe tt day 0 no o shelter bhoj b be built where water can run under it from tho the surrounding ground how to figure costs costa in feeding live stock the grain and other feeds grown on the farra farm where they are fed should bo be charged to stock at the market value at the farm which Is the price at tho the elevator minus the cost coot ot of hauling this Is the result of seven years ex per lence in studying farm cost coat accounting problems in tho the section of farm faim economics of the department of agriculture the object of cost accounting Is to show h ow an analysis of the entire farm business and the relative profitableness of each enterprise as aa well as tho the relative costs costa should bo be made clear if the farmer Is to learn the truth about the cost of his corn oats oata hay and other feed ablo products he must do considerable figuring and have a good understanding of 0 farm cost accounting methods on the other hand the market values of grains and other products serve as a common standard from which any farmer may easily figure the coat ot of feeding them to live stock the market price rt ct the farm Is the only logical as well as the easiest method to follow it live stockade stock stoc kare are essential for profitable farming in fit so many sections why aby should the th live stock enthusiasts figure to eliminate the profits of crop growing so that the live ive stock may appear more profitable weed growth and corn yields of the various factors that influence corn yields there are some that receive more than their share bhare of atten alon and some to which sufficient emphasis lian has not been given important as Is tho the type of soil the weather erfer ifer treatment variety condition of tho the seed insect and fungus troubles preparation of the seed bed and subsequent tillage it would seem that under conditions anywhere near normal there are two iwo other factors factora that exert A great deal more influence on yields than any of those named above these alethe organic matter content of the soil and the amount of weed growth the significance of these two tac fac tors cannot be emphasized too 8 trong strong ly As illustrative of the importance Import anci of organic matter may be cited the th practices of a georgia farmer this farmer has a two year rotation n of cots cot ton and corn 76 acres of each every year for each crop a stand ot of bur clover Is turned under A strip between the cotton rows i Is left unar unbroken until the bur clover seed matures the corn crop la Is planted without plowing tho the rows are run out with a middle buster the seed dropped by hand and covered with a double shovel about three weeks later when the bur clover has entirety cov ered the corn row the first cultivation la Is given by plowing under the clover with a turning plow tho th next cultivation vat lon Is with a illy ive shovel b ovel surface cultivator ti vator just before the third and last cultivation the land la Is to cowpeas and sorghum for bay the land Is never plowed or cultivated to a greater depth than throe three inches crude as these tillage practices may seem they accomplish tho the twofold two fold told pur purpose of turning under large amounts ot of organic matter and keeping down weed growth under athla system the yield of cotton has hag beon been increased from one third of a bale per acre to one and one and a halt half bales and the yield ot of corn has been built up in like proportion the th second great factor weed growth hardly needs any discussion nearly everybody has hai seen thousands ot acres of high weeds and low crops it was at one time ileac preached ed by our best known agriculturists that weeds were a good thing because they spurred the lazy husbandman on to greater gr ator activity in his tillage operations in other words tillage wag waa the desired end the of meeds being merely incidental in our recent work on corn cultivation it rias nas been clearly clearly shown that in the tha main weeds aro are the arch enemy that makes inter cultural tillage necessary |