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Show BREEDING CRATE FOR SWINE Excellent for Use Where It la Deilred To Mate Animals of Different Differ-ent Sizes. In response to a qvery for information informa-tion regarding a breedlug crate for hogs the Wallaces' Farmer makes the following reply: The accompanying cut gives a general gen-eral Idea of the cousttuctlon of a breeding crate. It Is simply a crate, strongly but lightly made of two-by-fours or ono by-fours, about six feet In length, two feet four inches wide, and three feet high. The era to should be closed In front but open behind. A bar may be pushed through the boles behind and adjusted according Breeding Crate. to the size of the sows. Tho object of a breeding crale Is to mate animals of different sizes. For small, short-legged short-legged boars It Is beat to arrange a platform to stand on behind. Tho time to begin breeding for spring pigs varies according to the climate, the ahelter facilities, tho time at which tho pigs are generally marketed, and the number of litters which It desired to raise a year. Unless Un-less tho fanner can furnish good shelter shel-ter for his farrowing sows, and Is prepared to give the young plga enre-ful enre-ful attention, ho had best not breed for the pigs to como earlier than the first or April. South of tho latitude of southern Kansas, of course, pigs might come with perfect safety a week or so earlier than this. A man, however, who Is In the business to make a success of It and Is willing to give his pigs careful attention during dur-ing the first two weeks of thlr lives, will generally And It most satisfactory even In the northern states, to breed for early March pigs. Early March pHjs, If they aro given good pasture and pushed right along, will be ready for market by early winter, when the prices are generally good. If a sow Is to produce two litters a year the first litter must necessarily come early in order to give the sow time to flesh up previous to producing her second litter In the fall. The fall pigs should come as early In the season sea-son as possible to give them a chance to make a good growth before winter set in. |
