Newspaper Page Text
PORTABLE SWINE HOUSES ARE ECONOMICAI|
' S S
.
jjijuuLjjx.
Hi w^S n
ill —“’**l
• SwJjerj.UJ, I.- t-,-,l^^—- ■»—
s farmer’s Type of Sunlight Hog House.
(By J. G. FULLER.)
The proper housing of swine is best
accomplished by using a central hog
house with a number of colony pens.
The large central house is well suited
for winter shelter and spring farrow
ing. The portable houses are espe
cially useful for housing different
classes and sizes of hogs in separate
fields, particularly during summer or
after farrowing.
Portable hog houses have been used
satisfactorily for a good many years.
They are quite generally in use by
breeders of pure-bred swine where
they often find it more satisfactory to
quarter but a few animals together.
The farmer who produces swine for
the market and depends on a large
central hog house will also find a few
portable pens very useful in separ
ately housing odd lots of swine.
Some farmers prefer a shed roof
hog house to the A-shaped cot. Six
feet four inches wide and eight feet
long makes a good size house. In the
rear it is provided with a door two
feet wide and two and one-half feet
long, the same size as a lower front
door which is placed diagonally oppo
site so that by opening all the doors it
makes a cool house in summer. On
the other hand, by closing both lower
doors and opening an upper door
which is put in above the lower door
in front, so that ample ventilation is
provided, it makes a warm house for
cold winter weather. It is very im
portant to have a door at the top in
front for it is a serious mistake to
build’ these houses with but one open
ing, as is sometimes done. There is
no ventilation whatever, and in warm
weather the house becomes suffocat
ing. The upper front door is ar
ranged with a wooden ratchet on the
back side, by means of which it may
be held in any desired position. By
having hinges on the top, the storms
and hot sun cannot enter, and yet air
can circulate freely without causing
a draft on the animals.
To build the shed roof house, con
vWuct the frame eight feet long by
. W<: >-. >
tss^fr*^ J - = a
^w.. PlSfellfM ! ”
■ 1 k -
i/i^' iii '• '■' ■"• "‘ 1 ' •■' ' •'<'' ■'■ ,; •
Large Portable Hog House With Temporary Shade Roof Attached—A Most
Excellent Arrangement for Summer.
six feet four inches wide on seven
two-inch by four-inch joists six feet
long, and two pieces of two-inch by
four-inch nailed across the ends of
the joists. This will make the foun
dation for the floor six feet four inches
wide and eight feet Jong. Beneath
the frame are nailed three two-inch
by four-inch pieces which serve as
runners for moving the building. The
house is built six feet two inches high
in front and three feet high in the
rear. Seven 12-foot boards cut in
two can be used for boarding the
front of the house. The small space
left at the top may be closed by a '
batten or frieze board. Two eye-1
bolts should be securely inserted in
one end of the joist, for attachment
when the house is to be moved. A
shingled roof is necessary to insure
the best results, and that, of course,
is what should be desired.
A large portable hog house eight by
twelve feet ma. be constructed on the
same plan as the small shed roof
house just described. It will accom
modate from eight to ten mature hogs ;
or twenty or more growing pigs. By
constructing a partition in the middle
the house can be used for two differ
ent lots of pigs or for two sows at
farrowing time. Being provided with
four doors in front and one in the
rear, it is well ventilated and may be
adjusted to suit many conditions. A
shade may be attached to the house
during the summer.
This house has proved very satis
factory where it has been found de
sirable to keep more animals in a lot
than can be accommodated by the
smaller houses. However, it is more
' difficult to move and does not differ
greatly from a small stationary house
in that respect. The bill of lumber
for this house is as follows:
Eight pieces 2 in. by 4 in. by 12 ft.
Three pieces 2 in. by 6 in. by 12 ft.
Two pieces 2 in. by 4 in. by 18 ft. I
Six pieces 2 in. by 4 in. by 16 ft.
Three pieces 2 in. by 4 in. by’ 14 ft.
Eight pieces 1 in. by 12 in. by 12 ft.
(Tough for floor).
Eight pieces 1 in. by 12 in. by 14 ft.
Six pieces 1 in. by 12 in. by 12 ft.
One piece 1 in. by 12 in. by 16 ft.
for sides and ends.
One piece lin by 6 in. by 12 ft.
for braces and cross pieces for dow's.
Thirty-six pieces O. G. battens 10 It.
long for sides.
Thirteen pieces 1 in. by 12 in. by
10 ft. for roof.
For a shingled roof it will require
130 feet of rough lumber 14 feet long
and six bunches of shingles laid
four and one-half inches to the
weather. A shingle roof is preferable.
A practical farmer's sunlight hog
house may be constructed 24 feet by
50 feet with a four-foot alley. The
building should face the south. A
most substantial building may be built
with ends and sides, six feet in height,
of solid concrete, eight to twelve
inches thick. Nine windows are
placed in the first elevation, four of
which are continued to the floor to
form door openings. The top of the
low roof is eight feet and the top of
the high roof 14 feet from the ground.
Movable partitions are provided and
stored above to give separate pens
for 20 sows at farrowing time. The
flood is of solid concrete, and con
crete feeding floors are laid outside
on both sides of the building. The
dimensions and height of this build
ing are arranged to secure the maxi
mum amount of sunlight, for early
spring farrowing
AVOID EGG EATING
BY PROPER FEEDING
Hens Seldom Indulge in Habit
While on Free Range-Grit
Is Quite Essential.
Wrong feeding is the commonest
cause of hens eating their eggs. They
■ seldom do it in the summer when they
are on free range. Then, the fowls
• get everything that their system
craves.- It is the craving for some-
i thing that is lacking in the winter
ration that causes egg eating.
Usually the thing that is lacking is
some form of animal food to take the
place of the bugs and worms the fowls
pick up in the summer. Meat scraps,
green cut bone or skim milk should be
fed. Hens won’t lay well, anyhow, un
less some one of these enters into the
rations.
Soft shelled eggs which are easily
broken in the nest are a constant
temptation to the hens. The cause of
soft shelled eggs is either not enough
lime from which the hens can make
: shells or the hens being too fat.
Ground oyster shells kept where the
hens can help themselves is about the
: cheapest way of supplying lime. To
prevent the hens from getting too fat,
see that they take a proper amount of
exercise. Feed the grain in litter so
the fowls must scratch for it. It is
probable that egg eating may be
caused from the hens not having
enough grit. Grit is the hen’s teeth.
They can’t digest their food without
; it. So, if grit is lacking, much of what
they eat passes through them undi
gested. The fowls will feel hungry
though getting plenty to eat. Then
they are apt to eat eggs—but not to
lay very many or look very thrifty.
Small pebbles, broken crockery or
stones will do for grit.
Have the nests rather low. A hen
must stand up in the nest to eat eggs.
If the nest is too low to allow her to
stand up she can’t eat the eggs.
Gather the eggs two or three times a
day and don't have too many nests.
Nests which the hens are not using
with eggs laying in them are a tempta
tion to the hens.
Value of Chief Crops in 1914.
The value of the principal farm
crops was:
Corn, $1,702,599,000; wheat, $779,-
I 069,000; cotton, $519,616,000; oats,
$499,431,000; potatoes, $198,609,000;
barley, $105,903,000; sweet potatoes,
$41,294,000; tobacco, $101,411,000;
rye, $37,018,000; sugar beets, $27,050,-
000; rice, $21,849,000; flaxseed. $lO.-
540,000; buckwheat. $12,892,000.
THE BULLETIN. IRWINTON. GEORGIA.
Bont
An eminent physician
t&EE lays down these simple rules for better
&SSE health:
SEE 1. —Drink lots of water. 2. —Eat slowly. 3. —Chew your SS
SEE food well. 4.—Have plenty of chewing gum on hand. Use jgg
SS it shortly after meals and chew until the “full” feeling
SSS disappears. gSI
Es Be sure of the Perfect Gum in the Perfect Package—made s
SEE clean, kept clean, sealed against all impurities:
I WRIGLEYS I
WM WRIGLEY JR. CO.
131 Q Kesner Building^
Chicago
Save the Couponsl —Het the Premiumsl
Cause for Dejection.
“Hey, brudder, what am goin’ on in
dis heah village, anynow?”
“Why, sah,' we am celebratin' de
birfday ob de oldest citizen one hun
hundred and ten yeahs old, sah!”
“Yes, but who's de long-faced lookin'
man beside her?”
“Ah, dat’s de son-in-law. He been
payin’ de life insuahance on ’er foh de
las’ sixty yeahs!"—Minneapolis Jour
nal.
MISERYIN
HEADJND BACK
A Lady Writes She Suffered So,
Would Have To Stay In Bed For
Days. Is Now Well.
Cartersville, Ga. —The following is
from Mrs. Will T. Lawhon, of Carters
ville: “I am writing this because I
want other women to know what
Cardui has done for me.
Before I commenced taking Cardui,
I had headache so bad, I would have
to stay in bed for days at a time. I
suffered untold misery with my head
and back.
I saw Cardui advertised and decided
to try it. I took three bottles. After
taking the first bottle, I could see a
vast difference in my feelings, and de
cided to take the second, and took
three in all.
After taking the third bottle, I felt
like a new woman altogether, and I
will always praise Cardui as a boon to
woman’s ills.
I believe it saved my life and I am
now a well, healthy woman, and my
husband joins me in my praise for
Cardui.
Before I began taking Cardui, I was
irregular, but since I began taking it,
I have been regular and without any
pain.
Everyone tells me I am the picture
of health since taking Cardui. I will
recommend it to every suffering
woman.”
If you suffer from, any of the ail
ments so common to women, or if you
feel the need of a good strengthening
tonic, why not give Cardui, the wom
an’s tonic, a trial? Begin today.
Your druggist sells Cardui. —Adv.
A Great Scheme.
“How are you going to spend your
summer vacation?”
“I’m going to put it in traveling from
one summer resort to another until 1
find a girl worth a million or two who
wants to be loved and married for her
self alone.”
The Man's View.
Penelope—My book of dancing rules
says, “Don't hold the lady too close.”
Percival—lmpossible!—Judge.
I You Look Prematurely Old I
Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray halra. Use “LA CREOLE” HAIR DRESSING. PRICE,* SI.OO, retail.
The Wrigley Spearmen want to
help you remember these bene
ficial, long-lasting aids to teeth,
breath, appetite and digestion.
» So they have done all the old
Thumb-Print Fantasia.
“You seem very much interested in
those thumb print records," comment
ed the man at police headquarters.
“Yes.” answered the visitor. “I
can't help feeling the greatest curi
osity about how one of those things
would sound if you put it on a phono
graph and played it."
NOTHING SO EFFECTIVE AS ELIXIR
BABEK For Malaria, Chills & Fever.
Chief of Police, J. W. Reynolds, Newport
News, Va., says: It is a pleasure to recommend
Babek for Chills and Fever. Have used it when
necessary for 20years and ba ve found no remedy
as effective.” Elixir Babek SO cents, all drug
gists, or by Parcel Post, prepaid, from Klocrew
ski & Co.. Washington, I>. C.
A Good Move— Babek Liver Pills.
50 pills 25 cents
An Unfit Companion.
Mrs. Atherton had tried to impress
upon her young son, Eugene, that he
should play only with good boys.
“Mother,” said Eugene, as he came
in one day, “you don't want me to
play with wicked boys, do you?”
“No, indeed,” said the mother,
pleased that her son had remembered
her teachings.
“Well, if one little boy kicks anoth
er little boy, isn't it wicked for him
to kick him back?”
“Yes, indeed, it is certainly very
wicked,” was the mother's reply.
"Then I don’t play with Richard
Whitney any more,” said Eugene;
“he's too wicked. I kicked him this
morning, and he kicked me back.”
TOCR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL TOC
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery
Eyes and Granulated Eyelids; No Smarting
lust Eve comfort. Write' for Book of the Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
Moving Pictures.
Hicks—Did you go to the moving
pictures last, night?
Wicks —No! My wife made me stay
at home and rehang all the pictures
in the parlor.
Nightly coughing and torturing throat
tickle quickly relieved by Dean's Mentho
lated Cough Drops—sc at all Druggists.
His Tour.
“That man never seems to stay
long at any one place. What is he do
ing, anyway?”
“He is helping to take a census of
the birds.”
Ob, that accounts for his being con
stantly on the wing.”
What a great and glorious thing it
would be if some enterprising man
would get busy and corner the trou
ble market.
If, as reported, the cost of living
has increased 50 per cent in ten years,
a dead man ought to be in a position
to save a lot of money.
The man who doesn't secure the
services of that great teacher, experi
ence, may live to a green old age.
I Mother Goose “ stunts ” to the
“ tune ” of the new Wrigley
jingles. Their book is 28-pages
in four colors. It’s free. Send
for your copy today. Address
Europe Loses Sweet Tooth.
1 The girls they left behind them
when the British Tommy, his French
colleague and his German enemy went
off to the war suffered a good deal
more than has been supposed up to
’ this time.
The candy export figures from this
country prove it. Europe curtailed the
bean supply of the United States when
’ Austria's exports were stopped. Now
- America has retaliated by reducing )
। the quantity of candy sent to the oid :
' world.
The first five months of the war
caused a decrease of $153,823 in value !
i of candy exports from the United
States, as compared with the same
period of the year before. The value i
i of the total exports of candy for the
■ calendar year was $1,185,894.
i At the age of thirty a girl begins to
। realize that she misses the “Mrs.”
, Ambition is all right if a man has ,
energy to back it up.
Rheumatism
Muscle Colds
11
“It is easy to use and quick to respond. No work. Just
i apply. It penetrates without rubbing.”
! , Read What Other* Say:
•'Have uaed your Liniment very vuccessfully in s case of rheumatism, and
always have a bottle on hand in
case a °°*d or sore throat. I
wish to say I think it one of
Q the best of household remedies. I
t would not have used it only it was
recommended to me by a friend of
mine who, I wish .to say, is one of
£7 Jff the best boosters for your Liniment
W zgSk I ever saw.”- J, JF. Fuller, Denver.
I. 7?/ ’"Just a line in praise of Sloan’s
Liniment. I have been ill nearly
£ fourteen weeks with rheumatism,
1 have treated by doctors who
did their best. I had not dept for
I t<rrib!e pain far several nights,
\ vhv? v "- ^ben my wife got me a small bottle
MP®® r the Liniment and three applica-
\\ VkAj cations gave me relief so that I could
sleep.”— Joseph ToeMgn, 6IS Con
” • * verce Street, McKeesport, Po.
SLOANS
LINIMENT
Good for Neuralgia, Sciatica, Sprains and Borises.
AU Dealer, 25c.
Send four cent* in stamp* for • free TRIAL BOIIIX.
DR. EARL S. SLOAN, Inc. De P L B Philadelphia, Pa.
Slight Absent-Mindedness. ;
“How are you getting on as the pre^
i siding officer of your new club?”
; “Pretty well,” replied the emphatio
woman.
“No trouble with parliamentary
' points?”
“Not much. The only difficulty I
’ have is to remember that you must
; hold on to the gavel and hammer with
■ it instead of throwing it.”
Crooked Dipper Saves Life.
; Charles Gise, a building contractor
’ cf York, Pa., resorted to a novel
method to save himself from shoking
j to death when a piece of meat lodged
in his throat. Realizing that he would
; choke before a physician could ar
rive, Giese grasped a dipper with aS
curved handle and dislodged the im«
pediment, but lacerated his throat
considerably.
T^ie statistician is the most success*
. ful of liars, as no one ever stops to fig-
I ure up his statements.