The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-03
Comfort for Swine.

Comfort for Swine.
Although 1t Is generally considered *Aat
swine do not care much: WHAT tort OF
sleeping quarters they have, 1t has been
repeatedly demonstrated that with COM
Portable quarters the animals will not
only be better in health, but will take on
weight at less expense than when forced
to occupy uncomfortable quarters. A.
model sleeping room for swine may be
cheaply constructed by using heavy lum-
Der and covering it with tarred paper.
The house should be set up from the
ground the height of a brick laid flat at
each corner and the spaces between the
corners filled in with boards to keep out
the wind. The floor should be of plank
or cement and there should be some divi-
sion between the portion where the ami
mails are to sleep and the clear space IN
the house. This division need be nothing
more thar an S-inch plank set on edge.
If this is used the hogs will nearly always
jump over the plank and use the clean
| floor for ~droppings, thus keeping the
beds comparatively clean. Plenty of
straw should be used for bedding and
| when it is broken up SO that 1t is too
fine for this purpose it may be scattered
over the floor in the clear portion of the
house to absorb the excrements. Try the
plan outlined and see how successful 1T
is and how little 1t costs to keep the swine
l AAAA kCoAS "AN o~
Buying City Manure.
During the winter there is, Away a vast
quantity of manure to be had from city
stables and where the cost for hauling is
not too great much of this manure finds
its way to the farm. The. writer is To-
Gated where. he has an opportunity to see
the crop results from certain city manure
and more than once has taken the trouble
to look up the stables from which much
of it is taken. It must be admitted that
as the manure is seen in the stable vaults
it is rich in plant food and would be of
great benefit to most farms. Unfortunate
ly, however, it is carried from the stables
where it is made, heaped in great piles
along the railroad siding and left there
until sold, when it is reloaded on to the
cars and carted to Its destination. In
many cases manure made In the early
winter does not reach the farm unit
spring and in the meantime has been
where it has heated more or less. Where
manure can be taken from city or town
stables and is from horses well fed on
grains and carted direct to the farm soor
after 1t is made it is, beyond question
valuable and worth a fair price, but 1t Is
not safe to depend on the city manures
treated as first described. Rather thar
use such manure it would be cheaper tc
put the money it woulu cost in some re-
liable commercial fertilizer to help out
the home supply of stable manure.
Old Principles in Farming.
While 1t is undoubtedly true that farm.
ers nave learned much about farming
during late years that has materiall,
helped them in making the farm pay
better returns, it Is also true, in many
cases, that they are getting away from
some of the fundamental principles of cor
rect farming. The tendency to sell a!
I-.,at -. -o,.gl1oa FROM tho 70 NY 1c fof
strong and too far-reaching. Time wal
when sales from the farm were made onl!
n after provision had been made for thu
living and comfort Of the occupants, hu
man and animal. Then. too, the soil wa
considered and If 1t needed anything pro
duced7 on the farm 1t was furnished. Thes'
things well provided for he surplus, /
any. was sold. AS a result the stock wa
Ewell fed and the rich manure went to i'm
prove the soil. True. there was not s.
much ready cash handled as now, blu
there were fewer things for which casl
was needed, for everything needed tina
could be produced on the farm was s.
produced. 1t Is admitted that in this ag
when things are deemed necessities tina
were formerly thought luxuries NOR
ready cash is needed but, at least, we ca,
SO arrange things in farming that tn
n cash is not obtained at the expense of tn
animals or the vitality of the farm.
Feeding Sugar Beets.
In sections where sugar beets can b
grown at comparatively small expens
they should form one of the crops 70
stock feed even IL not grown for factor.
use. In many localities sugar beets wi
Iform fair part of the ration his winte
when grain is scarce and high in price
come complaints have been made abou