Show HANDLING HEAVY HOGS fr device by which one man can do the butchering while it may be a little late in the season to be considering butchering devices the following taken from the home and farm will be ot interest to all farmers especially those w ho make it a practice to butcher for the town trade during the summer the old fashion of having a lot of help around at hog killing time Is going out owing to the use of better appliances for one man pig butchering outfit handling the animals after killing I 1 rigged up a simple arrangement BO that I 1 am able to handle heavy hogs without assistance I 1 built a fire box with a flue b of three joints of old stove pipe the vat was made of heavy galvanized iron four feet ong by two feet wide and 18 inches deep over this I 1 erected a frame of two by four inch strips upon which I 1 placed an old traveler from a heavy hay car rier with the windlass arrangement a and the tackle e to which were at cached the tour feet of the hog I 1 can convey it from the vat to the bench A rope c passing over the pulley at g serves to pull the carrier d over the bench from the vat I 1 have seen arrangements that were more simple than this but never used one that was easier to work CORN FOR PIGS ON PASTURE keep the animals fed up if you would realize a profit with the high price of corn a great many farmers will be tempted to run their pigs through on clover pastures or on rape or other artificial pasture and finish them off after the new corn Is ready says wallace s farmer we do not say that this Is not a wise plan under many conditions it must be borne in mind however that if farm ers generally in the corn belt adopt this method this year there will be a great scarcity of hogs in the early part of the season and a glut when the hogs come in that have been fattened solely on new corn it Is quite possible to carry pigs through in this way at the minimum of expense where farmers have alfalfa or good clover they can make a fair growth on pigs without any grain but they cannot make a rapid growth nor indeed as rapid as desirable for the reason that the feed Is so bulky and so watery that the pig cannot possibly hold enough to make the food of in crease in addition to the food of support in short it takes nearly all that it can eat of this kind of feed simply to run the machine hence farmers who have plenty of alfalfa pastures find it profitable to teed their pigs a bait ration of corn the same Is true of clover pastures making the food of support from the cheap grass and adding enough grain to make rapid increase good clover and corn are in themselves a fairly well balanced ration but its value can be increased by adding about a pound of oil meal to every five or six pounds of corn this will bring bogs dp to marketable etze a good while before those that are stocked through can be put in condition for market on large farms where much steer feeding Is done this stocking through of alga on grass Is a favorite method nd a profitable one because in this way they grow frames large enough to carry to pounds and put them on the market as heavy packing or tat backs the farmer who grows pigs to market his corn and who feeds largely on corn cannot afford to make these weights he finds it more profitable to turn them on the market at from to pounds at which weight it they have been fed corn they will be in fine condition for the market many of them making prime bacon for which the packer can afford to pay more whether he does it or not than for ordinary packing grades of heavy weights THE COLTS FEET see that the hoof develops sym metrically colts feet during the winter and spring often grow out long and sometimes to one side it Is not un frequent to eee a colts hoot grow very much taster on one eade than the other and cause what might al most be called a crooked toot even it they grow straight and their toes are allowed to grow out long it brings an unnatural strain on the tendons which results in lameness ordinarily they will break off of their own accord but not as you would like to see them before colts are turned to pasture their feet should be trimmed and leveled up this precaution will frequently save a permanent blemish in trimming do not rub them off too short but leave a natural shaped foot neither in leveling tho soles should the bars of the hoof be cut away TRAINING THE COLT matters which are of prime im portalee port anee in the first place teach the colt that you are his superior this can be done much easier when the youngster Is small put on a soft properly fit ting baiter get him thoroughly used to this but in doing athla do not tie up to something solid and leave otherwise you may return and find your colt has committed suicide by either breaking his neck or choking him self but lead it quietly around the stall or ard beside its mother and it will only be a short time before the youngster will understand what you want when you pull on his halter shank and Is nicely broken to lead teach him that you will not hurt him but ahat it Is useless or him to try to get away this la a great age of education As it Is with people so it Is with livestock the early education Is the roost impressive and lasting therefore since the horse Is the servant of man he must be trained in order to be a valuable servant in training a colt it Is necessary to get on friendly terms as loud or unkind treatment tends to drive the colt in a direction opposite to that you would have him go and make him do things just the opposite from what you want every animal has abre or less obstinacy in its nature get hold of a cat s tall and her first idea la to pul away or try to lead a calf it will brace itself and offer all the resistance in ita power the young colt will do the same thing if gone at in the same way As a colt reaches maturity its strength increases very rapidly and a horse Is to become a good work horse this obstinate nature must be more or less overcome there Is no more objectionable habit that a horse can have than to be a halter breaker or to be ready to offer resistance every time anything out of the ordinary comes up says indiana farmer it anyone should doubt this let him undertake to break a five year old ranch horse that never knew what submission was and the lesson will be very thoroughly impressed it Is only in very exceptional cases that such horses are ever broken so that they can be depended upon I 1 do not advocate making a pet of a colt and would advise the reader to never do it tor like a spoiled child they are al ways on too familiar terms and very often get into objectionable habits that are not easy to break teach the colt to understand your language teach him to stop at the single word whoa always speak the word plainly and at the same time snub the colt short and he will soon connect the word and the event and stop when tha word Is given follow the same plan in teaching him to stand over lithe or go forward or backward back waro on command in doing this use th whip sparingly but be sure that you make him mind you A severe pun ashment will often put the colt an bad terms with its trainer which la frequently fruitful of forming bad habits which often reduces the value of many a valuable horse these are necessary but simple requirements hat every farmer raising colts should adopt see that the colt Is trained properly so he will be of valuable ser vice in the future GATE FOR BARNYARD simple lever and bar latch which works well the accompanying illustration shows a latch which can be used on any kind of a gate it works similar to an lever and bar gate latch ordinary side latch but the latch which must be made from a good piece ot timber Is trimmed on one end so that an old spring from a grain drill will slip on and reach from the choul der to the bracket on the gate A catch Is fitted over the end of the latch explains prairie farmer and a lever Is attached as indicated by which the gate can be opened from the opposite side LIVE STOCK NOTES don t forget to sponge the horse un der bis tall it helps to cool and rest him shake the bedding either straw 01 shavings every morning and demov the litter take the chill oft the water bedfor letting your horse drink it after a long tiring drive curry lightly over the ribs and belly of a horse tor they are tender and ticklish places don t give a warm horse more than two or three swallows of water until be has cooled off begin now to look out for fall feed ers cattle feeding Is likely to prove profitable business next year for the man of foresight |