The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-03-31

c1l1tate moving the house by the use
of a team. A piece of 2 by inch
material is nailed on the outer edges
of the top of floor to prevent the
house from spreading at the bottom.
Each side of the house is made of
six pieces of 1 by IL inch plank feet
long, nailed to piece of by 4 lying
fat about 8 inches from the top of the
plank, another about 31a feet from
the top, and a piece of by s nailed
edgewise about IL inches from the
bottom This should be braced at each
end of the underside by a right-angle
block of by s inch material nailed to
the rail and to the side of the house.
The long piece of 2 by will act as
guard under whGh the young pigs
may take shelter when the SOW lies
down. This will save many pigs from
being crushed to death.
The back of tina house fits between
the two sides in groove made by
mailing two pieces of l by l a-inch ma
terial lengthwise on the inner side of
each side of the house. The house is
then set up" on the floor and the
sides held together by mailing a short
piece of 1 by 6-inch plank across the
front and back of the house about
one and one-half feet below the top.
This will prevent it from being blown
down by the wind or storm. A sad
die board made by mailing two pieces
of l by 6-inch plank together can then
be put over the ridge of the house to
keep out rain.
A house built thus can be moved on
the skids or can be taken down by re-
moving the l by 6-inch brace from the
front and the back of the house. If
the house is located in an open field,
where there is danger of heavy winds,
a guy wire should be securely fast
ened to a stake driven deep into the
ground. This is a precaution which
Will justify the trouble required, as it
may save a litter of pigs from being
crushed in case of a storm. Such a
house can be constructed without the
"take-down" feature, and by securely
mailing it will not need the guy wire.
Some dirt may be thrown up at the
front of the house to the level of the
floor SO that young pigs may enter
without trouble. The material neces-
sary to build this house is as follows:
Thirteen pieces 1 by Pinch by 16
feet for sides, back and floor of house.
Nine pieces 16-feet batten.
Three pieces by 4-inch by IL feet
for framework.
Two pieces by S-inch by IL feet for
pig rail or guard
One piece by 6-inch by 16 feet for
saddle board.
Three poles for skids,
Nails.
Total, 272 board feet of lumber, 144
linear feet of batten, three poles and
the nails. AS rough lumber suitable
for the construction of such a houEG
can usually be secured for about $12
per 1000 in the south, the material
will cost about five dollars. This type
of house is suitable for practically all
parts of the south. as no extremely
cold weather is experienced and the
open front permits sunshine to enter
the house for several hours each day.
In case boy cannot obtain material
to build such house as has just been
described, he should get whatever ma
terial is available on the farm and
build a shelter for his hogs. 1t can
be made out of waste planks, for any
shelter that will protect the hogs
from cold winds and rain and give
them a dry bed, at the same time per
hitting the sun to shine in during a
portion of the day, will be quite an i'm
provement over conditions existing on
so many farms at present.
A shelter to be used during the sum-
mer months may be made by setting
four poles or posts into the ground and
securely mailing by 6-inch material
around these about three feet from
the ground; upon these few light
poles may be put cross-wise and straw
or coarse hay piled on top. The straw
should be piled higher in the middle
than at the edges and smoothed down
so the rain will run Off This will fur
nish shade during the greater part Of
the day. No shelter should be built
where water can run under it from the
surrounding ground.
How to Figure Costs In Feeding Live
Stock
The grain and other feeds grown on
the farm where they are fed should be
harged to stock at the market value
at the farm, which is the price at the
elevator, minus the cost of hauling
This is the result of seven years ex-
perience in studying farm cost &C
counting problems in the section OF
farm economics of the department OF
agriculture.
The object of cost accounting is to
show an analysis of the entire farm
business; and the relative profitable
1ess of each enterprise, as well as the
relative costs, should be made clear
II the farmer is to learn the truth
about the cost of his corn, oats, hay
and other feedable products, he must
good understanding of farm cost &C
counting methods. On the other hand
the market values of grains and other
feedable products serve as a common
standard from which any farmer may
easily figure the cost of feeding them
to live stock. The market price at
the farm is the only logical, as well as
the easiest, method to follow. If live
stock are essential for profitable farm
ing in so many sections, why should
the i've stock enthusiasts figure to
eliminate the profits of crop growing
SO thst the live stock may appear
more profitable?
Weed Growth and Corn Yields.
OF the various factors that influence
corn Yields there are some that re
ton, and some to which sufficient EN-
phasIs has not been given. Important
as is the type of soil, the weather, fer
tilizer treatment, variety, condition OF
the seed, insect and fungus troubles
prepare ton of the seed bed, and sub
sequenL tillage, it would seem that
under conditions anywhere near nor
NAL tnefe are two other factors that
exert great deal more influence on
Yields than any of those named above
These are the organic matter content
of the soil and the amount Of weed
growth
The significance of these two fac