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Show MSB TO LOAD LARGE HOGS EaKMH ( BOTTOM LES3 CRATE IS HANDY fflHH F0R LONE-HANDED MAN. liWfflnrMwMm Illustration Shows How Dig Animal BJWSwStMB May Be Driven Into Wagon by WKrV."&uSM Ono Man Qmo Farmers Are ISralliH stingy With Shelter. wilfll (1J' n A Q'1'1'"111' rW&Bg!Mmm Tho lone-handed tnrumc-attenX' tjNStMSrUtt (icrlonccH no small amount of I neon- SjSOtslB voiilonco in loading a, large hog. For tS&fiRM&mmW tho bcnollt of n farmer who never j39 thought of n hog-crnto without tho TCfftu$f9H bottom, I will glvo my plan for male- gwgHH 1K tho crnto and tho way to load tho SfflffiijInaJB nK lnto tno waGn ZfelSSB corner posts of crato procuro 0nSMWM poHtn of poplar two Inches square and iMm1mm9M three nnd one-half feet long. Tho HjH cndH, hlldo nnd top Hhoutd also bo injH mmlo of poplar strips, ono by two mRn&WmmM and one-half Inches. Cut strlpa for HHHNH sides and top nbout five fcot long nnd HSHhbHH for tho ends, about two nnd ono-half MRHMB feet long. fflH Theso dimensions may very accord- WSKBUWMW Ing to tho hIzo crato you desire, but HQH 4 ho careful not to mnko tho crato eo MWSSSmmwM w'do that tho hog can turn around HhmH ln IHraMH Mali sldn nnd end strips to posts EBHfiH with wlro nails that will reach H L 1 HHH Bottomless Hog Crate. H through tho posts and clinch. Tho top H nutn aro nailed to tho upper slats on H ends. You now hnvo n completo hog ll crato, nnd ono without a bottom. HfH Now tho loading. Tuko your 1 wagon ns near tho placo as posslblo H whoro tho hog ht to bo loaded. Lay H boards nbout ten fcot long from tho H end of tho Mngon to tho ground, HH with n fow cleats nailod on under oldo H prevent boards from uprlnglug H Stand the crato on end nearby. B Shell a lttlo corn closo to crato, and H when tho opportunity presents Itself, 1 ffrop tho crato on ovor tho hog, You H uro now ready to load Mr. Hog, which H is dono as shown in (ho accompany- M ing LM 7htmpvla lh0 ho to walk right H lon0 aSm bd- ttnlMng IS m that h0 hog walks out backwards. H i 2LC?ch B,d0 of b0ard8 to Provont n m hog from overturning tho crato. This H l ", "eco,8Bnry " there are two Won H crato! ' at ach B,d0 o th0 H thenl0ernih?,k,nd LK 0U Want " ' mWMM then grow tho best, If yQ g0 ,n for , H ? ,hoss: d0't amko tho in stako , 33331 of buying the lard types of sows. H thl n.Mn ?" V ,mvo t,g8 co,no In H tho mlddlo of winter. 33333 S?m, f'irraorfl ore liberal with thblr H They will H,oveI out plenty of corn H on sco the,r pigs plo up in n bunch M in a fence corner nnd shiver for hours B vni, n ?,W W,nd' thorob l0Bln8 nil H vaiuo of tho corn. 3-333 Do not neglect to keep plenty of 3-333 coal or wood nshes whoro tho pigs fM enn get at them all tho time. fM If ou And n runt in the litter don't M Z to,0 '""eh tlmo trying to build m him up. but look after tho good ones. m - Tho young folks ought to know H why trees nnd plants grow as thoy do, H and how to help them crow. nhv m should bo tnught tho names of tho H reeB, grasses nnd grains of tho coun- H try. And would it bo altogether im- m practical to tench them somothlng m nbout actual farm business T Tho m t bookkeeping might relate to farm op- m erntlons, Instead of things away In B 5' y nn(1 town- It would bo a good m thing to put Into tho arithomatlc a m good many problems bearing on farm |