St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22

gives it to them, do not wonder thai
he wishes for cheap mixer. He also
finds V trough wasteful one. The
use of this trough have in the main
discarded on account of the waste
from it.
find after many years. experience
in handling slop that the pig is the
best and cheapest mixer. But the
mixing by the pig can not be done in
a V-shaped trough without too much
waste.
The right kind of trough for this
is one with q fiat bottom. Ten inch
es wide is about right, with the
sides four inches above the bottom of
the trough, making them any desired
length. have them from three to
twelve feet long; six to eight is long
enough, as they are easier to handle.
For ease and convenience in doing
the work, the pigs or hogs should be
fastened out of the lot while the feed
is being prepared in the troughs.
The troughs should be as nearly level
as possible before the feed is put in.
Put in the amount of dry feed re-
uired and the pour over it about an
equal amount of water or kitchen
and dairy wastes. Then open the
gates and let the pigs to the troughs.
If hearty and properly fed they will
make no quarrel with their owner
because he has not mixed more la
Dor with the slop. They do the mix
ing in an earnest and rapid manner
and waste little if any feed. With
the feed in a v trough very much of
it will be worked over the sides OF
the trough and lost. 1 do not know
any way that the labor of preparing
slop can be reduced below this, nor
DO l know any way to prepare it that
will make it more acceptable to them.
II the troughs are placed on clean
place-a floor or clean straw or corn
stalks under them-and with the feed
lots well covered with straw and
stalks there is no need or reason who |
the slop troughs should become
filthy. During winter or doubtful
weather the trough should be turned |
upside down after feeding, then they
will not have to be emptied of waite:
Or snow.
Taken all together, it is safe esti-
mate TO make that no protection
against the changing weather adds
IS per cent. to the cost of feed. Pro-
lection cuts down the cost of feed.
low to keep up growth and shorten
he feed expense should be the lead
ng point this winter. At the same
ime it is well to remember that
ust sustaining the animal without
ain is throwing away of the feed
'lven. Sometimes hogs will not come
o their feed promptly because the
eeding grounds are exposed to driv-
ng winds. It is we'll to remember
hat a pig is very sensitive to the
hanges of the weather, and avoids
irving winds as much as can be, \
ence it is the part of a careful
armer or herdsman to prepare wind
reaks as a profitable protection t
gainst the weather. If there is no G
raft between their sleeping quar- o
rs and feeding grounds they will e
'me to feed much more promptly t
I'D not squeal with cold while eat S
e. The lot the writer will use this
inter is protected on the west side t.
long shed, on the north and S
lst by fodder ricks. Their small h
buses will be placed in this lot a il
W steps from where they will be p
opped and fed. te
BY this arrangements there will W
ldom be day that they will be IL
wv about coming out of their e,
uses because they feel hard blasts et
wind. There is, besides the econ T.
~ in this, the satisfaction in m
owing that I have tried to make th
e animals comfortable, and added sc
lch to my own comfort in doing it. pt
Cor. Stockman and Farmer. of