The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-11
FARM AND PRESIDE.

| lHE SOHRECT WAY III MAKE A HOG
TRoUGH.-It is an egregious error to
assert, as many farmers have done, that
a hog is predisposed to plant his fore
feet in the trough while eating Moth.
ing is more absurd. A hog is no more
inclined to put his forward feet in the
trough than horse is won't to put his
feet into his manger. The great fault ID
in the construction of the hogs trough.
Almost always the trough is so deep and
the front side so high that the feed can
not be reached by either large hog OF
pig until the fore feet are planted in the
middle of the trough. Small pigs are
required to mount into the trough with
every foot before they can reach the feed.
These are the reasons why hog puts
his fore feet in the trough. Let the front
part of the trough be made so low that
the animal can walk up to it and reach
the feed without resting his throat on
the edge of the trough, and he will stand
up to it as horse does to his manger.
| There is no necessity for making a
hogs trough 80 broad aud deep that it
will contain four times as much feed az
will ever be put into the trough at any
one time. If the front is three inches
deep and the bottom ten inches broad in
the clear, the trough will hold all the
swill and other feed that can he eaten at
one feeding by as many swine as can
stand In front of the trough. The cor
rect disposition of the trough is to place
it between the feeding apartment and
the space appropriated to the animals.
Then let the partition be made in the
form of flap or gate, and be hung by
hinges above the through, with the lower
end of the flap hanging in the trough,
80 that it can play from one side of the
ment the flap can be fastened by bolt
to the front side until the feed is put
into the trough. Then, as soon as the
feed is properly distributed, unbolt the
lower edge of the flap, draw it to the
other side, and fasten it. BY this plan
the swine will stand up to the trough like
row of horses at their managers.
A Coon FARM GATE.-A correspond
ent of the american Farm Journal says
A good farm gate, which will last in use
for twenty years, must be built in a
frame on stills, and well painted, in the
following manner: The gate must be
built, nearly like any other gate, of
light wood, such as pine, and swing by
the bottom, in frame. The frame must
be set on two plank stills, twelve feet
long and eight inches wide, and at each
end must be let into cross sub-sills, three
inches deep and six inches apart, that
the width of the gate bottom may swing
easily through; then bore an inch and a
quarter hole through both of the long
sills, six inches from the front end and
three inches from the bottom side, and
two more the same way, five feet and six
inches back, or near the middle, for pins
on which the walking-legs must stand 10
swing the gate.
Then take four upright walking posts,
seven feet long, four inches wide, and
one inch thick, and four more for swing
ing legs, only they must be seven inches
shorter at the lower end. Bore them all
for half inch bolts, two inches from each
end, then bore them nine inches again
from the top holes, for the braces, which
must be six feet and One.half inch in
length, and five feet eight inches and a
half in between the bolt holes. Bore
the bottom of the gate same as the sills,
FIVE feet six inches apart, with halfinch
holes, and then bolt your frame together
with four half-inch carriage bolts, eight
inches long, at top; and swing your gate
between, on the bottom pins, with four
more bolts, five inches long, in the bot
tom and braces; then you will have a
gate which will not wear out until it
rots down, and will be the handiest gate
in the world. 1t will run back and open
,txr n,
past center forward will shut itself and
remain securely shut without any more
fastening.
TREATMENT OF BEEs.-In winter or
early spring, after bees have been con-
strained to remain within their houses
for ten days or fortnight stocks may be
moved with comparative immunity from
one part Of the apiary to any other part
of 1T, but at a later period of the year,
when much activity prevails, they can
not, unless certain precautions are used,
be moved even few yards without caus-
ing them to suffer great loss and injury.
A newly housed swarm may be set down
anywhere, for every bee, when it first
leaves its hive, carefully observes the sit
uatiOn. AS soon as it rises on the wing
it turns round and inspects the entrance,
and its examination is continued in
gradually enlarging circles, until it be-
comes familiar with surroundings, which
enable it to recognize the place selected
for its dwelling. Its first flights are al
ways short, and obviously undertaken
for the purpose of making itself ac-
quainted with the locality of its abode
and all those landmarks which will guide
it Enthusiastically back to its home. But
the path, few times travelled, is after
ward remembered, and those bees that
have learned it 60 straight off to the
fields without taking notes, and may be
seen returning with unerring aim to the
small aperture of the hive by which they
made their exit. Indeed, bees accustomed
to particular spot, and more especially
if they axe in the habit of daily going
from and returning to it, pay no atten-
ton to the position of their hive when
setting out on their labors. Unless the
distance to which their house is shifted
be considerable, they fail to notice that
it has been interfeIcd with; they ex-
pect it to be where they have always
found it, and, consequently, when re
turning home with their loads, 90 direct
to their well known stands. There, they
weary themselves out with repeating the
line of flight that formerly conducted to
the now vanished doorway, and continue
a vain search till quite exhausted. Per-
haps few of their number may be for
tunate in finding the shifted d0micile
but the great majority, as if held by
spell, linger around the old site, and ul-
settle upon the ground, either
single or in scattered groups, where they
become chilled and die. In this way the |
loss of population may be so great as to |
interfere very seriously with the pros.
perity of the removed stock, and even
ruin it entirely. Sufficient bees may not |
be left TO attend to the wants of the |
brood; the exodus may be such as TO de-
stroy recuperative power.
HouschoI Helps.
Boston CRACKER PUDDING.-Butter
Il haralIv annnoh uplit nootno