The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

Ohe - the Most important Thin~s
TO Do" Is TO Provide For ~
Stock Clean Quarters. clean Ne ne
and lean Food.
BY F. NJ. RANCk
To be a successful hog raiser
must keep his stock under ths
best environment possible T.,
think any old thing or place :
enough for a hog. He ShouIs
access to good clan watr 10 d-rt
at all times. n 20 stale pond -
OF mud wallows. Clean. pure -
will do more toward keeping
healthy han any other one
The hog has a peculiar skin
under the skin is a thick pad ~ -,
50 that he must get rid Of his ~
mostly from his lungs by breathe,
place TO lie in. M if he can e-t
mud he wallows in it. He prefers
good. clean water, but if h can 49,,
find that. mud is the best substitute.
Shade is very essential in warm We.
Their.
Buildings for hogs need not =
very expensive. We advise calarr
houses Of the A shape, with BOTH
sides open with hinges on the ION
This type Of house furnishes shade.
ventilation, and sunlight In summer
and when closed, a very comfortable
narrowing pen in winter These
houses are erected on skids and -,
be moved from place to place viii a
pair Of horses or mules. They arr
so constructed hat they are ideal
narrowing pens. A SOW about u
farrow can be placed in & lot IN
which is one Of these colony houses.
and she will make her nest in the
house if some hay or straw is placed
there. Tenders should be arranged
around the sides of the house SO that
the SOW will not be able to lie close
to the sides and in that way crush
the young pigs In the nest.
These colony houses can also lie
used for the boars and growing pigs,
although some prefer permanent
| quarters for the boar and those pigs
intended for the market Il is a great
advantage to feed hogs on Concrtee
OF tight board floors. especially if one
is feeding ear corn, as there Will De
no waste. Feeding in muddy or dusty
lots is a very dangerous practice.
1t simetimes becomes necessary 10
fee pigs separate from the soWs.
even when nursing. This can be done
by building near the colony house a
temporary fence which will allow the
little pigs to get in, but will keep out
the old hogs. If this plan is adopted
the pigs will practically wean them
| selves without inconvenience eithre To
themselves or t othe SOW. We prefer
feeding the small pigs and in fact all
our hogs in either iron or concrete
troughs. with round bottoms v
shaped troughs e also be used.
Fences play a very important part
in hog raising. A poor fence VIII
produce a breachy hog as quickly az
it will a fence-breaking COW. We
prefer any strong close Woven-Wlre
fence at least 5S inches high for the
outside fence. In smaller lots either
woven wire or wooden fences TEN.
porarily placed will be cheaper and
can be used a lumber Of times. rem
porary fences need not be over three
feet high and should be so constructed
that they can be CAREFUL stored
When not in use. Woven-wlre USED
as temporary fence is very dlf1cul'
to stretch after it has been used seV.
eral times, although it can be Hseo
to advantage, when lumber and heip
are not plentiful.
In planting forage crops it IS an
advantage to plant in long noIfa"
strips so that the temporary fences
can be placed across the narrow part
of the field 1t is also an advantage
to arrange the crops so thal oho
section is in such alignment with the
other sections that the cultivation
may be done without turning al lne
end Of each section, and when inc
crops are laid by the temporary fence
can separate one crop from anothft'
When plans are made TO estahilsh
hog pastures one must not forget tHe
very important factor Of proVlolhe
good, pure water for them. IN 81
tons where running water cannot ne
secured through pipes, it van 20
hauled in barrels. Many hog ralsed7
provide a sled or drag on SKINS on
which q barrel is fastened on a "ateI-
tight floor with sides to IL 50 tha'
the pigs can drink all around the bal
rel, the water coming out OF the par
rel about three inches from the
bottom through a small hole, which
automatically flows according u tht
water consumed.
Running streams Of water are VERY
satisfactory when they originate ''
the farm, but if they travel LONG as
tances II through several farms an
across public roads. they are Very