Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
A Good Portable Hog Pen.

A cheap, convenient hog pen that Is
portable is built as follows: Take two
pieces of good, durable timber, three
by nine inches each, fifteen feet in
length, round off the ends in the form
of sled runner, then lay them parallel
eight feet apart, with the rounded edge
on the ground. Take four scantlings
and halve or tenon in crosswise one
piece at each end, and eight inches
from the ends of the runners and place
the others so as to support a floor in
one half the pen. Adjust these strips
so they will set about two inches below
the level of the upper edge OF the rum
ners, then lay floor of oak Or ash lum.
Der one inch thick over one-half of the
pen, leaving the other half dirt floor.
This, however, may be arranged as
may suit best; one-half may be left, or,
if desirable, the whole pen may have a
floor. Now mortise in two-by-four
scantling at each corner and midway for
posts ON which to nail the boards or
Stats for the enclosing. 1t is necessary
for comfort that at least one-half of the
pen be covered; and for this reason
make the posts for the siding about one
foot longer on one side than the other,
so as to give some slope to the roof.
The roof ought to be elevated enough to
allow man to walk under it. If only
one-half of the pen is hoored, there
must be a partition across, and in this
arrange slide door so as to shut the
hogs in or out of either section, and the
pen is complete. ISIS 80
If hogs are wanted to fatten surely
and quickly, they must be confined to
close, clean. quarters, and that is the
design of the pen. 1t can be moved
easily from one place to another, and
q n1xy In
tons of filth. BY hitching a span of
horses to either end of 1t, it can be
readily moved anywhere with the hogs
in it. In. case one-half is left unfoored,
the hogs can be shut in the foored por-
ton and kept there until tae pen is
moved; then open the slide door and
they are in. their new location
W. 4. Graham, IN american Agriculture.
The Vegetable Garden.
If the lettuce does not head we'll this
year where it did last, perhaps the rea-
son was that the plants were, too large
been too hot for the variety, or might
have headed fit had been left to grow
without transplanting where the seed
came up, or the land might have been
too poor.
We see that the beets from seed sown-
under glass will only hold the lead
about two weeks. Those sown in the
open air, as soon as the ground will adj
NIT, will then overtake them. Cucum-
bers under hand glass will be fit for the
table two weeks ahead of those in the
open ground. liu - 'i1@
Summer squash fruits according to
the edge of the vine, and not its size.
Mine truited from transplanted vines
on June %, and from seeds in open
ground on July 10. The earliest toma-
to will be found on the blooms set the
time of transplanting. The first week
in August is not toe late to plant turnips
aud kale, spinach Or corn salad, for the
late crop. The three last will some
times keep over winter in the ground.
NV neighbor, a careful observer, says
that the smut on sweet corn is pro-
duced by the, winds that break the
stalks at the root when the corn is in
the silk. Earlier or later it will not
produce the same result. l@ 1-t 20 +
tHotbeds and frames for the coming
winter and spring work should be
looked over, reprinted and repaired,
and GOT ready ahead for the work be-
fore them; the days now are long and
warm, and full days work can be
done at time when there is more leis-
ure from the more pressing cares OF the
garden. fba ~
Seeds of lettuce and oyster plant, par