The Washburn leader., 1912-01-26


o. ventilation. e. fA weii:butlt W,dltsa
snent Of outside pens, p. .sHFog house (
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I, In the corn belt, hogs furnish one
of the most important means OF mar
keting the corn crop. With 3thes ex-
ception of chickens, they are the most
numerous of all farm animals. and
are grown for market on more farms
than any other stock Hog raising has
probably made more clear money for
the corn-belt farmers than any other
enterprise. In view. of this one might
expect to find hogs the best housed
of any animals on the farm. but the
opposite is the case. It is still nara
for many farmers to get rid. OF, the
motion that anything is good enough
for hog.
There is no animal on the. farm
which requires better protection from
cold than the hog: none for which ls e. 2
good bed is more necessary; and ncne
10 much in need of sunshine as the
little pig
The horse and the COW have good
coats Of hair. even a calf or a colt
when left in the cold Is provided with
good fur coat; the hens. feathers are
the best protection against cold;
hut the, hog has almost nothing oe
tween his skin and the weather.
one OF the first requisites for suca
. cess with, hogs is a shelter where
young pigs can be, KEEP, warm and
wen supplied with sunshine and fresh
air / little pig takes cold very easily.
and recovers slowly fiat all To pre-
vent taking cold he must be kept
dry, warm. away from draughts. and
\ provided with fresh air y i is
On the average. the hog house Is
the poorest building on the farm and
the least adapted to the purpose tor
which ii was intended. Good barns
may be seen on a large ;prcportion OF
the farms, but; good hog houses az are }.
generally hard to find. It is economy
10 'put up first the BUILDINGS that viii
help most to make money A.'large
portion of the farmers recognize TINS
and build good barn before putting
up good house. saying: THE barn
win help build the house. but the
house will never help build the barn
This principle seems TO be lost sight
4 OF when 1t comes to the hog, house. get
no other building on the farm pays
for itself SO quickly. Unpublished
data collected by the writer shows
that good hog, men average about
seven pigs raised to the litter and
many surrp,ass this record. The same
data indicates that the general averl
age raised on the farm does not en-
ceed four pigs to the litter. This wide
difference is very largely d,ic to the
J. housing.
Many houses which cost enough to
he good are thoroughly unfit for the
purpose because the sun cannot shine
into the pens. Nearly every large
hog house is deficient in either sum
shine or ventilation. or in both. -
The writer has in mind farrowinga
men. seen on. one of the, most highly
improved farms lii the middle west.
TO replace the buildings on this farm
would cost many thousands Of dollars.
/ Mhe hog house Is the nearest building
to the house. and stands between It
ana . large. fine. modern horse barn.
Nhis ;hoe shed isG "a, feet vide fpd 81
tfeet long. There Is not window or
Iyentilators In it.., the only means Of a.
Uniting air and light being the alley
dd,,oi do,oorst and . few small hog doors. a
sh1ofe 3unsuit table ttra cture copld flariit
tbe devised, ,l.sss 81 ss;, i, y III. II
The writer also has personal ~ knOw!- =, q!
lsdge Of another hog house quite sim
liar Is thisalbuts only about half, as
1arFe.s the only opentngl bii1gf pIls
! an1iey Il door. h 6sdnies hog and one
small window. In this house over SO
HUI IbbtGf Cent Of the. esrly, pigs xera ~
n some ss;oaihhe seasons. s1fls mostly ffoin thdmps.
me ..ioss ia ! single season II IioiildI
~ ess neEs th.n Rsta f9F 3 ( soaa ea''e7
Anttis pis loy9s. y i asunllh hins Ind lhhseasI
slit Almost III ssIfnnc aS needs a66f.j
M No Ri xtefsys. III ii II Al Yoff the purpose 1pa-l
\ sIa Ieea II Y sAmjtSi direct suns hinsl batP|
q siths floorspf every 5pen IA the time the!
n n pi9s. ars .faTrowed. \. furni ghes plenty
s5iof fresh iii. and Iptoyide u lor exerciss!!
MI the open afr. Dryness. sunshine
warmth fresh ali. freedom, from
+ / .hsrafts., and exercise are 81 primary
|inlportance ii raising ip,iigsss. These se.|
\ lcured, +, hes battle ~ halt won lrl|
4 IpsuIttinx usI u np buiidings me ssix
,rnents Just mensioned lnust be keptI
nnstantlyy ~ Il min /; not one can tes ss
/ The ysasis u @cf hog houses Il aimoossd|
sss 5sa eat Ias sle YaTiety indi,'id duaiss
ssr y linrritty +, ::sse; y