Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-14
FARM EDUCATION
BY DIR. ANDREW M. SOULE

under any and all circumstances.
Very often, because of the ignorance
and tyranny of his human master, he
is subjected to conditions and treat
ment wholly unbelievable and un-
dOubtedly as disgusting to the hogs
nature as they are to that flnnlCkY
part of our own population who pre-
tend to abhor all things of porcine
origin. Yet he and his family thrive
and grow, develop, muIuiiy, and
serve that indoIent and incapable
master as no other known animal
would or can do under like circum-
stances. Yes, the hog is a good fell
low. He takes sporting chance un-
der any and all kinds of environ
mental conditions.
He is an Industrious, uncomplain
ing worker at all times, and. unlike
his human prototype, he fulfills his
destiny without emitting more than
an occasional grunt or squeal He
hastens to engorge himself with
food that he may the sooner be ready
for the shambles, and he gladly
yields up his body with it's supply
of delectable food that society may
be kept warm, healthy, well-fed, and
strong as a result of his untimeIy
demise.
There are a whole lot Of people in
our country who do not think the
hog counts for much. They hate to
come in contact with him for fear
their persons may be contaminated,
or their clothing soiled. To them,
he is just a hog, a lowly, contempti-
BILE, unworthy animal. These are the
very kind of folks, however, who
have degraded him more than nature
ever intended, and, strange to say,
they are the ones he frequently
serves the best. They do not realize
that it is the hog that literally keeps
the 'home fires burning" that sus-
tains our great packing houses, that
supplies food for the guests in our
thousands of hotels and restaurants,
that makes live or refrigerator
freight for our railroads to haul, and
that finally provides a good part of
the money needed for the purchase
Of the Injuries in which our women
bedeck themselves on holiday occa
sons.
They fail to appreciate the fact
that the hog has literally rooted out
the mortgage from the front door of
millions of homes in our country and
| thereby let the sunshine of prosper
ity and success. Let us get the idea
! out of our minds that the hos does
not, count He represents one Of the
fundamental pillars upon which our
future and prospective prosperity
rests.
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fundamental worth and give him the
opportunity to function for our ben
eft which he deserves. Here in the
south, we must multiply his num-
bers to a degree more commensurate
with our needs. He is entitled to a
place in the sun" of southern prog
ress which is again coming UP out
of the ashes of despair. Economic
| conditions demand that he enjoy a
recognition and a commentator at
our hands hitherto withheld. Swine
| production represents one of the
worlds greatest key industries. 1t
is the most important one to the
American home whether the individ-
uals concerned live in an urban or
a rural environment.
/ Here, then, is to the hog! May
! liz NV IoiiS anu pI OSpel, multiply
! prodigiously, wax fat and thrifty,
and through the rapid consumma-
| ton of his earthly career continue
to provide the American people with
some of the most delectable and
wholesome viands that have ever
ticllled the palate of an epicure.
Beginning the Business of Chicken
Raising
r. W. b, Talbotton, Ga,
writes: I am starting in the
poultry business, and wish all
the information [ can secure in
regard to poultry houses, runs,
etc, What is the proper hous-
ms and feeding meth DDS for lay
ing hens? Please give me a bal
anced ration for best egg produc-
ton.
A portable colony brooder house
capable of caring for $50 to 300 baby
| chicks can be built at "a relatively
small cost. The size of such a house
should be approximately SX13 feet.
FROM fifty to seventy-five Young
birds can be carried in a house OF
this character to maturity and 4
VIII. accommodate from fifteen tC
twenty-five mature fowls. It should
be set on runners made of Axe inch
Ipleces, and the framing should be
of 2X4 inch material. The floors
should be made OF tongued and groov-
ed lumber and the roof covered with
three-ply roofing paper. The walls
Ishould be constructed of matched
lton2ued and grooved lumber.
This house should be feet high
at the front and four feet high at
! the back The screen window open
ing at tie front should be about
! ) feet wide. There should of course
be a door in one end Removable
| roosts should be built in so that the
house can be easily cleaned. One
can build several of these houses
out of lumber sawed on the farm,
! ana, under competent supervision,
TIE work can be done by cheap labor.
thereby minimizing the cost of con
struction a good deal.
| rms structure is the best type
OF Eouse for YOU to use. You can
Iot course, build a continuous house
Tor much the same style. To take
care OF as many birds as YOU sug-
Sest, the Rouse would naturally &have
to be 64 feet Ions. and it should be
set towards the south and east.
| one going into the poultry bust
| ness must expect 10 Dr,ovida o., ,t,,,,