The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-11-09

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In the corn belt hogs furnish one
Of the most important mean Of mar
keting the corn crop win the rx
ception Of chickens. they are the most
numerous OF all farm animals, and
are grown Tor market on more farms
than any other stock Hog raising nas
probably made more clear money tor
the corn belt farmers than any other
enterprise In view Of this one might
expect TO ind hogs the test housed
at any animals on tho farm, but me
opposite Is the case. II Is still hard
for many farmers 20 get rid O. the
notion that anything Is good enough
for n hog
There Is no animal on the farm
which requires better protection from
cold than the hog none Tor which q
good bed Is more necessary; and ncne
30 much In need OF sunshine as tho
little pig
The horse and the COW have good
coatr Of hair, even a calf or n colt
when ,eft In the cold r. provided VITA
a good fur coat, the hens feathers are
the rest protection against cold.
but tho hog has almost nothing he
tween his skin and the weather
One Of the first requisites Tor sue
cess with hogs Is a shelter where
young pigs can be kept warm ana
well supplied with sunshine and fresh
air l. little pig takes cold very easily
and Aecoyags slowly n al all To pre-
ven taking cQld'.-ae must be Kept
dry. warm. away from draughts, and
provided with fresh air
on the average. the hog house is
the poorest building on the farm and
the least adapted to the purpose Tor
which II M Intended. Good barns
may be seen on a large proportion OF
tho farms. but good hog houses are
generally hard TO find II Is economy
10 put M arst the buildings that vii
helD most 20 make money A large
portion Of the farmers recognize this
and bui'd q good barn before puttinR
up a good house. saying "Ibe barn
will help build the house, but ihe
house viii never help build the barn
This principle seems to be lost sight
of when II comes 10 the hog house. vet
no other building on the farm pays
dor itself 80 quickly, Unpublished
data collected by the writer shows
that good hog men average about
seven pigs raised to the litter and
many surpass this record The same
data indicates that the general aver
age raised on the farm does not ex'
reed four pigs TO the litter This vide
difference is very largely due to the
housing
Many houses which cost enough 10
DE good are thoroughly unht tor me
purpose i, because the sun cannot shine
iato the pens, Nearly every large
hog house Is deficient in either SUI
shine or ventilation, or IN both
The writer has IN mind q narrowing
pen seer on u OF tho most highly
improved farms In the middle west
10 replace the buildings on this iarm
would cost mdny thousands OF dollars
The hog house is the nearest building
TO the house, and Glands between II
and a large. nne modern horse barn
This hog SIZED Is - leel vide and 81
feet long There Is not q WINDOW or
yentilator IN II. the only mean OF al
hitting air and light being the alley
doors aud a few small hog doors a
more unsuitable structure could hardly
be devised
The writer also has personal knowi.
edge OF npother hog house quite sim.
liar TO this but onlv about hall as
large the only openings being one
alley door. one hog door, and one
small window In lhis house over ~
per cent OF the early pigs were lost
In some seasons, mostly from lhumps
The loss In a single season would
have more than paid Tor a good build
ing.
a little pig loves sunshine and needs
Il almost as much as he needs TODD
Nv plggery Is III Tor the purpose un
less Il admits direct sunshtn onto
the floor OF every pen at.ibe1ime the