Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09

Q. When pigs are placed In their
winter quarters Ton about A acres of
clover sod) the shelter houses are NOV
ed there. corn slower is used for bed
ding. They are built on skids. The
larger shelters are s BY IA feet. 7 #.
high in front and 4 #. high in the rear.
They are built on skids made of 2 by
8-inch stuff that set as sled runners
and permit the building to be drawn
from one location to another. The
skids are SO attached that when they
decay new ones can be put in place.
The corners are braced inside to pre-
vent racking when the buildings are
moved. There are no floors, but there
is a cross sill at the center which prac-
tcally makes two swinging doors above
that can be pushed inward and fas-
tened to the roof in good weather, thus
letting in the sunshine. In winter the
houses face the south. The walls are
battened on the inside. To prevent
the wind from overturning these shell
tiers, each building is anchored to
post driven close beside it. These
structures cost about $40 each. The
small houses are 6I2 #. by 8 #. in
size and Az #. high. They rest on
a frame of Gin. boards, to which they
are securely fastened. These boards
are the only parts of the structures that
are in constant contact with the ground
and can be easily replaced when they
decay. One end of the shelter is left
open. The cost of these small shelters
is about $500 each.
7. The device used for watering the
hogs is exceptionally we'll adapted to
the purpose in the absence of a natur-
al water supply. In fact. it is perhaps
more desirable that ponds or even run
ming streams be used on the score of
cleanliness and decreased liability to
infectious diseases. A sled large enuf
to hold an ordinary barrel is covered
with a heavy water-hght floor and
boarded up. tight 4 inches around the
edges. The barrel is provided with a
large bung or wooden stopper in its
upper head in order that it may be
readily filled with water. A half inch
hole is bored in the side of the barrel
about 3 inches from the bottom; Chat
is, the opening is 8 inches from the
bottom or floor on which the barrel
stands The lower hole being stopped,
the barrel is filled with water. The
large bung is then inserted alright.
The sled is now drawn to the field near
the shelter houses, and the small stop
per removed. The water runs out,
filling the shallow box forming the top
of the sled to the level of the small
opening in the barrel. The hogs may
drink at any corner of the box. AS
the water is consumed, more runs out.
Two such barrels are placed in each
Enclosure. and filled once or twice a
day or as often as they become empty.
s. The most careful methods Of
breeding seed corn are practiced. In
the breeding plot, every alternate row
/ is detasseled to insure cross-polination
, This insures seed of high vitality on the
/ detasseled stalks. Each year the
! choicest plants are selected for plant
ing the breeding plot the next year.
r 9. The one ever present element o.
: danger in hog raising is the liability
of loss from Cholera. The farm de
/, scribed has met such losses. DurinS
r the present year only go hogs wer,
= sold from each of the farms becaus,
E the members had recently been depict
E ed by cholera. This disease is proba
bly, carried from farm to farm by farm
ers themselves as often as in any othel