Show csc cleanliness IN THE FEED feeding floors which are kept free from dust or mud are indis pen sable copyright lwe the hog responds as quickly to cleanliness and care as any arm aal mal rot long since I 1 was greatly impressed with the lack of sanitary conditions around the yards and houses of a man who bad been grow ing hogs more or less successfully for ten ears writes A D beurhaus Bur haus ills feeding troughs were foul with decayed food the floors were damp and ill smelling and the yards were damp and full of mud holes that good drainage would have prevented all fixtures in a hog bouse should be movable it is advantageous to have the troughs where they may be washed or scalded out twice each week at least foul troughs are good breeding places for parasites that ma be taken into the stomach and con averted into worms damp floors may be oer come if the bouse Is well aired and windows enough are in it to let the sunshine in on the floors do not slop the swill into the bed ding or on the floors at feeding time feeding house shake the bedding up in each pen dally and toss out the dampest of it never allow dust to accumulate on the partitions and pens used for feed it is always injurious to the hogs health it you are in the habit of feeding bogs corn scattered in the mud or dust of a dry yard build a small feeding floor and use it go into any herd that Is fed in the dust from thrown down corn and you will hear much wheezing and cough ing this is bad on all hogs and especially those kept for breeding pur poes set your feeding floor off the ground four to six inches and build it solidly of good timber around the whole edge nail a as shown in the illustration this prevents lots of shelled or ear corn being pushed off into the dirt and dust sweep off the floor before feeding never overlook this A floor of this A bunch of berkshires kind can be used tor feeding alfalfa or clover as baa or steamed the herd of on the floor in the picture are eating chopped al talta that has been steamed somewhat and sparsely sprinkled with chopped corn and oats the alfalfa Is cut four inch lengths and soaked in a barrel or tank which has a jet of steam in it shooting up from the bottom athla does not boll the alfalfa but just heats it enough to make the coarse stems tender and the tender ones more toothsome it Is lifted from the tank on a and allowed to drain well when it la thrown upon the feeding floor pigs never leave much of it for brood bows sows it makes an ideal feed keeping them in good fleish but not fat enough to hurt their breeding proclivities 01 injure their ease of furrowing farrowing far rowing B sure to feed it to them on clean floors horseshoes that will not slip consul general skinner of ham burg germany combats the claim made to him by a correspondent that european hur horses are in general bet ter shod than american horses his observations he states show that the contrary Is the case and the humane consideration which american horses receive Is not exceeded anywhere in the world he acknowledges however that a number of horses in germany atre equipped with a new antl slipping horseshoe especially designed for as ahalt and wood block ments the valuable ot which Is a coun tp love extending completely elhoe Ul hoe in which Is inserted their lire it electing a ram the acs n ne election ot a than upon any things ha m ay iy do in rn tn a A alse selection e the weight of every como says get from one to three rease the alze ot the car selves HO twenty per cent and give nd nare long lived animal rate the get in these three iha game or een a greats MA |