The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-20

champion at the Royal show in Eng
land, 1901.
Cleaning HoEhOuses.
Arrange the pispens SO that they
can he cleaned easily and supplied
with fresh bedding. A hoghouse
should be cleaned every day, otherwise
it will soon become filthy and harbor
disease germs. If this is properly at
tended to, it is no more work to clean
the pigpen every morning than it Is to
clean the horse stable.
A Boar For Breeding.
In selecting II boar for breeding pur
poses we should Try to get one from a
prolific SOW. and. if possible, an old
SOW that has made good record for
large Filters and good thrifty pigs. says
American Cultivator. This will usually
produce more and better pigs than Il
boar from Il young SOW or one of a
small litter. though the latter may be
the better locking animal owing to its
getting more milk when young. While
the boar may be used for service AT
eight months old. it should be to only
limited extent. and the yearlng boar
or older will usually get the strongest
pigs and the greater number. The SOW
should be long bodied and not too
coarse i'm the bone or bristlcs. lest she
fail to prove good mixer, and should
be quiet and gentle. DO not keep
changing from one breed to another
until there is no telling what is the
original breed. Such mongrcls usually
have the faults of all the breeds and
lack their good qualities. The more
nearly pure bred the male the better,
rs with other stock.
One Long House In New jersey.
Arthur J. Collins of Moorestown, \.
j.. says: have a hoghouse 30 feet
long - feet wide An alley four feet
wide runs the entire length of it. The
pens are by 10 and by II feet,
which make them large enough for
SOW and pigs or four or five pigs -four
to five months old. | have a large
boiler with feed and water in one end.
The troughs extend in the alley lit
tie, so you see Il man can soon feed
the entire lot, while if the hogs were
In different pens it would take some
time Each pen has Il door tone that
lifts up, to the alley. so with small
gate movable, in the alley can
change II hog from one pen to another
very easily. would not want a lot OF
hogpens The long. large house Is
kept very clean and well whitewnshed
This is not always the case with IL lol
of small houses.
Bacon Blood.
1t is very likely that before another
year light hogs will be ut the top Of the
heap again. and we may then htal
more about the bacon h z. There are
bacon hogs and bacon hogs. The OK
trcme Canadian type Of berkshire :. ioi
example. is 81 far removed from the
American type that il is hard to boleN"
them to have had Il common origin
And the American farmer will do well
If he decides that Il bacon cross would
improve his swine to stick to HE Amer
lean type. says National St0ckman
These long lofty and coarse Canadian
hogs are doubtless all right for Cana
da's bacon factories. but they are NOT
for an American hoy market They
will grade as roughs and sell accord
lngly or ut least fall short of the prices
paid for good killing hogs of the types
preferred here. The market should
control the type of hog to very large
degree. and our markets do not want
the Canadian type.
Can't Fool Him.
It's no use. boys, you can't fool the
farmer. He will come to your sale,
take lunch with you. buy your good
pigs or make the other fellow pay well
for them. but he just don't need don't
want. wont look at nor have as y git
your scrub boar pig. hope the Lord
will bless hi;:: as he so well Deserves
Colonel McCracken in American
Swineherd.
Wanted-To borrow 81 800 on a good
A lIras. W.