Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-10-29

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against the ceiling and distributed
over The stable without causing draft
Cup las may lie placed on the roof to
carry OF the impure air. y cheaper
method is to leave some Of the rafters
unlocked az the lower ends.
In case there are many dairy COWS or
young animals to be fed Il silo is al
most necessity. 1t should be located
at the end of the barn nearest the cow
stable In order to lessen the work IF
feeding. BY having the yard for the
young cattle close u TIE SiIb they can
be fed from 1t with little extra work.
y sllo sixteen feet in diameter and
thirty feet high is about the right size
for Il lCJ acre farm. The diameter
! should always be small enough SO that
! two or three inches can be fed of the
/ top each day. This insurcS fresh Silage
all the time. The greater number of
siios in use 1T present are made of
wooden staYcs. These are cheap, and
If good quality of wood is used they
will last q lanE time. Cement and
| brick silcs are practically indcs,ructi
be- but are rather expensive. y new
| type IF silo that IS proving very salts
| factory Is made of hollow building tile
| This material is - cheap as slaves AMI
| lasts as long as cement.
For the Young stock. fattening cattle
and sheep cheap sheds furnish ample
| shelter. These can be made of COM
mon boards well battcned. with strong
cedar posts for Il framework The roof
! should be water tight. \ twelve foot
| opening on the south will answer the
purpose Of Il door.
These sheds should he on high we'll
drained ground and must be kept we'll
bedded When this Is done they are
fully as good as n more expensive
shelter. \ separate lambnG house
will, of course, have to be provided for
the ewes as spring approaches.
For the man who Is making a spe
cialty Of hogs the 'colony system" OF
| hog houses is probably the best. For
the average farmer however. the extra
amount of work which this system in
wolves more than outweighs Its advan-
tages Of cleanliness. freedom from dis
ease and keeping the hogs in smaller
| lunches. On most farms the central
hog house comes nearest to meeting
| the requirements. Along with 1t a few
| individual houses ure convenient for
hauling around to the stubble and clio
yer fields or other places where the
hogs may happen to be located.
Little pigs need great deal Of sun
| light, and this. together with the lia-
bility OF hogs to become diseased.
makes it imperative that the hog house
be provided with plenty Of windows.
BY running 1t north and south and hav-
ing row of pens on each side each
| pen will receive an equal amount Of
sunshine. Where the building faces
the south the north row of pens does
not receive Its share Of sunlight, and
the outside yards on the north of the
house are almost always shaded and
cold
| The floor, like that Of the barn. should
be of cement. 1t Is n good plan to ex
tend 1t out about twenty feet on each
side to make feeding floors where the
hogs can be fed and watered without
getting In the mud. BY having all pen
and yard partitions movable they can
be arranged for sows and litters or for
fattening swine. as needed. A feed
room in one end Of the building where
| grain can be stored and feed mixed up
Is great convenience.
| A cOrncrib should be located close to
one end Of the feeding floors. so rs to
save work when hogs are fattening. II