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Show swine ron rrofir. ! Practical Hints and ll.lpriil S.u; -est ions I Farmers Vt ill Save Jloiu't to Ho d. I Most f i 1 a f 1 enough to snpplv tne pork tor their own consumption. There are lew. however, who consider the Tetpiireinents of tno hog. and endeavor . to meet those with tlio same care as is expended on other farm animal II Ml strange in tho face of the : urowhi-demand for trood bacon, winch one demand de-mand alone p t t i It 11 to (ill. Here : e 111 1 t t the Philadelphia Farm Journal:. Select tiic. tl 1 1 with well pi l if 111 t tl are to bo bred tor spring pies. Tin; animal ani-mal that sh. a t 1 t t t f isil t lei 1 constitution i 1 11 1 t 1 desired. V1 1 tl i t t the boar t 11 t 1 lit points. H t 1 Ml f the pigs are to be depended on. He mav. however, bo shorter m bouv. Have the pigsar e M 1 a 1 i 1 11 ready to give them sood c:j,e. No animal more enjovs baci; scratching scratch-ing or srroomimr than the pig. and what animals eniov conduces to tneir growth. If you can't spend time to use an old hoe or stiff broom on each animal dailv, -ar- .IB HERE ALL SIZES OF SWINE RLE. range a place where the pigs can riib themselves. No simpler device is superior su-perior to a rough pole cut in the woods and fastened at one end to the floor and at the other to a joist IVmr feet high. Here all sizes rub. Next to the trough it is tha favorite tilace. Do the strong animals rob the weaker ones and so keep tliein back? Don't let the strong ones cram too rapidly nor crowd the puny ones at feeding time. Stout strips of oak thrown across the trough and held there by screws and strap iron will do good service. A few hard cobbles kept in the trough will make them eat more slowly. In the second sec-ond cut is shown a good contvivar.ee. It consists of strong short fnrtitionspnt up across the trough so one caimot crowd another. Where but two or three hogs are kept,tho: rerplts oVt'MVms are no noticeable, but in large lots the lo-s is very considerable. A load of woods'soil thrown inThe sty once a month will do much toward keeping keep-ing the swirie well and contented. It freezes but little, being so light and under un-der trees and leaves and is nearly 'always 'al-ways available. The roots and nuts a ml rotten wood Just suit hogs in winfer when they cannot have their usual-run and need variety. Throw in a chunk of charcoal every day also. It is a great thing to keep digestion good. ' A TROUGH THAT PREVENTS CROW PINO. A merClIUl act at siauyme. 1111; muc ... to stun the victim beforo bleeding with a blow between the eyes, a trifle above the direct lino. It also facilitates stick; -ing. If the scald water is not hot enough at butchering time drop in a few-bricks, few-bricks, or stones superheated. This is an old and good way. A hog hanger at killing time, for the porkers is sometimes . a puzzler on a small farm where only a few swine aid fattened and -the" owner does the work himself. Seven foot poles that .are stocky should be cut . in the woods and hauled up beforehand, to be convenient, these are bound together to-gether as shown in the third cut, tho feet of the uprights being imbedded in the soil an inch, or two. If the upper crossbeam is not high enough the s"proad m'ay be lessened and' the height thus increased in-creased at once ' with littlo trouble. When it is desired to lower the pork for cutting up the act. tmay be reversed,' if the binding cords are not too tight. The pig ought to be a prominent factor fac-tor in the winter dairy' business. Tho maker of butter or cheese can just as well keep two to. twenty brood sows, and get twb litters yearly to sell at six to eight weeks old. . In thy way Uvrge pay may be got for the skjmn.iik or whey, . ami bought foods will make the farm richer Tor the cows. I A SIMPLE HOG HANOKK.' - The hog is a good friend to the farm-I farm-I er who desires to make his farm richer ! and at thesame time get a good living. The cow is not tho only machine on the ,'farni. Successful .arming is the economy econ-omy of all forces. . (ilia Lime. An English agriculturist writes thus about gas lime: The- best way of applying gas lime is from four tb six cartloads per acre before' be-fore' plJwing for roots and cabbages. 1 followed this system many years and found '1 grew good clean roots, free from grub, and the com crops following almost free from wireworm. 1 have tried dressing with four cartloads per Rcre immediately before plowing, for wheat and oats, but found it always did injury more or less to the corn. |
