Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-02-04


In an address before the annual
meeting Of the Kansas state board Of
agriculture Frank Hobart OF Collnn-
btls, Kan, made the following state.
ment:
need not 20 into detail over the
@rafns that can be raised on 4 Kansas
farm to be used as bAiancer for corn,
bat cannot let this opportunity pass
without saying word for grass. Grass
IL one Of the best balancers of the corn
ration. The farmer figures, maybe. ON
al the condiments and high priced
feed advertised and forgets that the
green carpets of Kansas, on which he
lesks and treads so often, are the best
condiments known, and careful ex-
periments have shown Will save him
in feed 20 to 80 per cent.
The two men who have made the
most money ont Of hogs In Cherokee
county have grass in abundance Why
VIII we keep our cows knee deep in
grass and our hegs knee deep in mud7
Ia drive Of nearly City miles last
spring over good portion of two of
eur southeastern counties was aston
isiaed to SEQ but one farmer that had
eaeQRste pasture for his herd OF hogs.
0srn has bean cultivated 200 years, and
II possibilities are just being dlseoy-
srsa Without It cur Puritan forefa-
Tiers would have persisted, and we
Knight have had no New England
New corn culture Is much discussed
and ccrn breeding associations are in
vegue. When will the grass growers
fern an association and lay before the
world the possibilities Of grass7 Such
a variety OF grasses as grow in Kan
sas! Such a world of feed going to
waste! The day OF grass needs to be
fastened"
TNe Hog House.
Many farmers do not have suitable
beg house because they think they can
net afford it. A good and seryiceable
sne can be built that Will not cost
much and at the Same time Will gre
good satisfaction. The plan lis as fol
LEWIS.
Build II sixteen feet wide. The
length will depend upon the number Of
hogs kept or the number OF sows to
farrOw on the farm. The building
should run east and west and along the
Herth side passageway three and one
half feet wide should run the whole
length Of the building, thus leaving all
tAe pens on the. south side. 1t should
be SO constructed that, movable par
titions can be dropped into place every
seven feet, making a breeding pen By
IL feet, which will be large enough for
d SOW.
There should be a window In each
pen and below. the window door,
which should open into little lot or
space into which the sow and pigs
can run on sunny days. When not be-
Ing used as breeding pens the partitions
can be removed, and it will make q
sleeping house for the shotes or fat
hegs. The troughs should be placed
directly under the partition adjoining
the passageway, and the partitions
over them should be so constructed
that they VIII swing from the top, so
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trcughs the pigs can be shut Off. Such
q hog house Is not expensive, and it will
seon pay for itself in caring for and
saving the pigs. Successful Farming.
Raising Large Litters OF Pigs.
The accompanying Illustration sent
to the Breeders Gazette by n. W..
Crockett of Missouri shows white
sew with twelve pigs. She had thir-
teen and raised twelve of them. Just
after the pigs are born, says Mr.. Crock
ett, like TO keep the SOW as quiet as
possible for the first twenty hours.
! give her all the water she wants to
drink. and the next day give her Al
little thin slop and small feed or
corn. / usually increase her feed each
day until have her on full feed. In
shout week or ten days or as soon as
the pigs are able to follow l give her
the run of the pasture. / have a sepa-