The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-25

the much neglected piggy. prompts the writer of this article in the hope that some good may be done to the raiser of the pigs that must make our bank &C., count larger at the end of the year. The great corn belt. and as this is where we have got out experience we will write now how we now do 1t under these con- ditions.
 In the first place. to be a successful raiser of swine you must have we'll bred ones for starter not necessarily pure bred. If so 1t is much better. These we will take for granted are of good quality, and that you wish to have them in as fine shape at all times as possible start ing in with pigs at birth is a good time for good care. All pens should be. nicely bedded at farrowing time. few hand fuls of air slacked lime in the bedding is of great benefit as a disinfectant. mak- ing them sweet and pure. About three days after farrowing remove all bedding from pen and replace with clean. fresh straw: We prefer to use straw for all bedding. if 1t can be handily stored for use in winter and throughout the spring, when 1t must be had for pigs use. It is our custom to watch the condition of sows and pigs closely and if SCOUTS or constipation Is present no time must be lost. Scours as rule may be checked promptly by cutting down feed of dams, and as they improve gradually bringing back to full feed. We have used to keep the bowels in good shape, old process oil- meal: this is the best we have ever used as general conditioner. As the pigs grow older and have been taken from the dams. we divide into many punches as possible. Those of one size are kept to- gether. After warm weather comes we do not use any bedding at all, and all pens and sleeping quarters are swept out once a week and sprinkled with some good disinfectant. We have found a spray pump to be just the thing. All lots where hogs He along buildings, and dust and droppings gather, should be gone over with barn shovel and wagon and hauled away. This if done often is short job and makes things look we'll if nothing else. One of the best things to keep by them and what is used In our herd at all times is the following: Com mon coal or wood ashes, one bushel; salt, three pints; ground copperas, one pint, lirIe. two or three quarts. This should be we'll mixed and fed in boxes or troughs not use for watering. We have never gone back on the above and don't think we will. as 1t does the business and is not expensive
 The course of hog hygiene in this herd is simple. but very careful ydone; in other words. we consider clean, we'll kept pens and yards one of the main features of good health, and as disease has never been with us for a number of years we think we are following a wise course.- R. Road. in Western Swine Breeder.
 The Home Garden-About Beans. A. M. Ragland in Farm and Ranch.
 There has been wonderful improve ment in the quality of snaps in the past twenty years. We recall the time when our earlier snaps were shucky and stringy and not edible if allowed to get full size. Then Early Mohawk or Brown Six Weeks was the standard for the earliness. It was stringy and however, and has been rele- gated to the limbo of forgetfulness by all progressive gardeners. Tn It's place we have Burpee's Stringless Green Pod and Early Red Valentine, both ex- tremely early, having neshy, round pods and practically stringless, even when full grown do not become tough pr shucky. In addition to these green podded varieties we have the yellow podded or wax varieties, which are possessed of all the good qualities of the green podded sorts and a golden yellow color which make them very upon the table. The best known are German Wax, Golden Wax md Wardwell Kidney Wax Numer- ,us sub-varieties and old varieties of .hese types under new names are an- lually exploited by enterprising seeds nen. There is some humbugEery in his subdivision of varieties, but there s more in the quality of the beans themselves.
 The soil for beans should be a we'll Trained plat and moderately enriched with we'll routed barn-yard manure. Manure fresh from the stable will spoil he bean patch. It is important that provision be made for escape of flood water. Make beds 12 or Is feet wide 'y back-furrowing and leave deep rainage ditches between the beds. If food water stands 4s hours (after leavy rain in spring) 1t usually ruins he bean crop. more certainly if hot unshine follows rain; drainage pro- ects the crop.
 When to Plant.
 Beans are tender plants and easily destroyed by frost, so the planting as
 rule should be deferred till danger rom frost is past. About 18th of March n this latitude (33rd parallel( a plant ng should escape damage from late rosts For the sake of having snaps arly we may venture to plant a row IT two the latter part of February l mould a late blizzard threaten the | ,oung plants they may be covered | with old newspapers weighted with | lods. this slight protection usually | ayes them unless a severe freeze oc- | urs. In such a case we only lose the | eed planted. The green podded varie- | les are more hardy and resist cold bet 1 CT than wax podded sorts. Early Red | Valentine in our experience is best | uited to early planting. Two or two | nd one-half feet between rows will | i've room for cultivation with a small | weep.
 Pole Beans.
 Beans of this type formerly supplied | UT Northern tables with the most de- | Icious snaps. their quality being much | etter than the bush or bunch beans of | hat period, and In the older States they | vere extensively planted in the corn elds insomuch that they took the | anne of "corn field beans" The corn | talks giving them support These | ate planted continued bearing in great | rofusion till frost killed the vines.
 Our enterprising seedsmen have | adhered from rural districts of the | outh a number of splendid varieties | nd giving them names, have introduc- d them into general cultivation | the West and South The l outhern Prolific, Georgia Creased | ack, Homestead or Kentucky Wonder nd Tennessee Speckled Snap-short are | our of the best and will. if properly | supply the table with de- cious snaps till frost. In the prairie | egion of Texas they can not be sue | in d~