PASTURING AND SOILING I75 



shoukl be found on every farm, and where anything 

 \^■ill grow in the Dakotas it will succeed." 



Professor Henry says every man with pigs should 

 have rape for them. "Provide an acre of rape of each 

 2500 pounds of growing pigs that are to ])e fed upon it. 

 As soon as the plants are a foot high turn in the pigs. 

 They will greedily eat the leaves, and gain al)out enough 

 nourishment to support their bodies, and this being true 

 all the extra feed will go for gain. Corn, middlings, etc., 

 should be fed with the rape. A great advantage of rape 

 feeding is that it keeps the digestive tract expanded 

 and in healthful condition. Pigs fed rape fatten quickly 

 and very cheaply. Sow none but the Dwarf Essex, 

 Many farmers have bought oil rape seed or bird seed 

 rape, and the crop proved a failure. Sow two or three 

 pounds per acre when drilled and four or five pounds 

 broadcasted. Exery ])ig raiser who has not yet tried 

 rape is urged to do so." 



A PORTABLE BOARD FENCE 



A simple portable fence is made with panels 12 or 16 

 feet long of four ix6-inch boards. Commencing at the 

 bottom, the first two boards are placed 6 inches apart, 

 while the third and top ones may be 7 inches apart. The 

 boards are hekl in place by ix4-inch slats, one placed 

 6 inches from either end and the other placed in the 

 center. The bottom piece of the triangle which is to 

 support the hurdle is 3 feet 6 inches long and made of 

 ix6-inch stuff. In the center of this piece is cut a 

 notch 3 inches deep and 2 inches wide. The sides of the 



