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Show - a MANY ADVANTAGES' WITH S CONCRETE PEEPING FLOOR 4 Prnrantr FeI From Being TrmpC?-.lD.0 Ma(S C1UT . trtbMa to Ilnlth of Anl-iallP' MManlni, f j v Chancaa efIfectlc jS 4 1 fllnoa tb advent of high priced' orn and hoga, feeding floor of a nor permanent nature ttnu tho mad ef wood are receiving a good deal of attention, write L. K. Trocger of Iowa la Orange Judd Farmer. Th advantage of a floor of aome kind of malarial Ilk brick or cement over plank need not be argued. There ar a good many feeding floor mad of th Drat named material to be found throughout the corn belt, and without exception they ar proving a good Investment. In-vestment. In abort, tb main point In favor of a feeding floor of permanent nature na-ture la that It la a feed saver, as It prevents feed from being tramed Into In-to the mud ; It provide a eolld foundation founda-tion for trough!, prevent, mudbolee around trough!, and undoubtedly contributes con-tributes to the health of the pigs by lessening the chances of Infection by fr th brick. 1 If oonalderabl dirt ' f bag to be removed to aecur a eolld ' j surface It may be necessary to fill la with ashes befor. th. .and I apread. j la thla ease the ashes ahould be rolled f If possible, at least, mad aa eolld aa - j can b with tb means at hand. In , th meantime the retaining wall j ahould be put In. Thla should be mad ; of concrete all Inches wide and ten j or twelve Inches high, so that th ' base will rest on Arm aoll. Th cor- ; ner may be reinforced with old iron rod a or wire if auch material ta at , band. ' The brlrki should now be laid, breaking joints, and when all down a half Inch of fine sand ahould b spread over th surface of the earn to fill the crevice. It a firm foundation founda-tion la provided for tb brick ther will be no dangor of the brick heaving heav-ing or working out. Th trough Crib and Granary With Feeding Floor. Intestinal paraalta. It 1 a practice wllh aome man to idean off th floor with a ahovul ever)' day when the Boor la uaed for growing plga, which remove thouaand. of worm eggs when th bard I worm, and there are few that are not to a certain extent. ex-tent. , The accompanying Illustration sbowa tho main point. In a feodlug floor that combines all th best feature fea-ture with cheapness. This I constructed con-structed a follow: Select a well-drained well-drained a pot In tb bog lot, remove all rubbish and litter ' till a eolld earth aurface la aecured. Level the urfnee, and If there are any aoft poi fill with clay If obtainable, and train p firm. On thla aurface apread anllnch of aand and smooth the same should not be lot In tho floor, a j slop will sour under them In i warm woathor and rat may burrow ? beneath. j If It I desired to feed pigs away , from tb sows th floor can be fenced , In and doom mad In th fence that , ; will keep all but the pig out. A floor that ta 16 feet wide and SO foet long , will furnish spec for about 100 plga '-j or a car load of fattening bogs, and will cost for mnterlala only around I $.16 to M0. Feeding can be made very 1 convenient by building a combination corn crib and granary adjoining th . floor. In tb granary part a variety ' ; of f eeda can be kept, alao a feed " ' . ' ! cooker and other adjuncta. Thla I a very good arrangement for a email ') farm. " " ' ' t |
