a crop the next year. In mild climates the patch can be used all winter unless 

 too wet In Oregon the yield has gone over 700 bushels per acre. All roots and 

 tubers should be fed with grain, as noted above. 



L'nihraslied Grain. Roots and unthrashed peas make an excellent winter ration 

 for hogs. In hunting over the feeding-floor for the peas the hogs obtain needed 

 exercise. Unthrashed grain of any sort may be fed in this way if desired. 



Portable Trough. A good trough for outside feeding for five or six pigs can 

 be made by securing: One 2-inch plank, 1 foot wide, 4 feet long, for bottom; 

 two 2-inch planks, 6 inches wide, 4 feet 4 inches long, for sides ; two 2-inch planks. 



1 foot wide. 20 inches long, for ends ; three 1-inch boards, 6 inches wide, 4 feet long, 

 for false upper trough. Nail the planks together to form a flat-bottomed trough 

 with ends longways up. Between these end pieces, near the top, nail two of the 

 inch boards to form a V-shaped trough, but keep the bottom edges about 3 inches 

 apart. Then nail the other inch board in a vertical position in the middle, with 

 its upper edge an inch below the open bottom of the false trough, and its lower 

 edge 4 inches above the bottom plank. The feeder can pour feed into this trough 

 easily, in spite of hogs struggling to get at the feed. 



A barrel slung on a pair of wheels is a handy contrivance for carrying slop 

 or skim milk. 



HOUSING. 



The portable style of house offers a good many advantages. It is easily and 

 cheaply built by any one handy with tools, and odd lumber can be worked in. It 

 can be easily moved by a horse from place to place as desired. It is adapted to 

 the needs both of the general farmer and the breeder of pure-bred stock, and is 

 the most natural and sanitary system of housing. When moving off the farm. 

 l>ortable houses are retained by the hog-owner as his own property. 



Wherever the pasture is situated, these houses can be moved on to it. Where a 

 large number of hogs are housed and fed in one house continually, the surroundings 

 dinnot help but become more or less filthy. By using portable houses and moving 

 them occasionally on to high, dry ground, one avoids unsanitary conditions. Diseased 

 animals can be more readily isolated by the use of these houses. In addition, 

 portable houses are far less expensive than a permanent house. 



The two houses about to be described are built to accommodate ten to twenty 

 young pigs, or four to six mature hogs. Choice may be made between the A-shaped 

 house and the shed-roof house. 



The A-shapcd Portable House. The construction of this house is readily seen 

 from the illustrations, showing a good-sized house about 8 feet square. The ventila- 

 tor covers an open space in the roof made by sawing off the ends of two roof-boards. 

 There should also be a small movable window in the rear. The door may be higher 

 if desired to procure readier entry for cleaning out. Eye-bolts with rings inserted 

 in the front are for attachment in moving the house. 



The following is the bill of lumber for such a house : Nine pieces 1x12 inches. 

 16 feet long, and eleven battens 16 feet long, for roof ; five pieces 1 x 12 inches, 14 

 feet long, for ends ; one piece 2x4 inches, 10 feet long, for ridge ; two pieces 2 x S 

 inches. 10 feet long, for plates; seven pieces 2x4 inches, 16 feet long, for rafters 

 and braces; three pieces 2x6 inches, 8 feet long, for runners; and four pieces 



2 x 12 inches. 16 feet long, for flooring. 



The Shed-roof Portable House. The illustrations show a type of house some- 

 times preferred to the A-shaped house. The upper door can be fixed in any desired 

 position to keep out the storms or the hot sun and still provide ventilation. The 

 hinges are at the top. The smaller opening at the top is a window. Light and 

 ventilation are important features to secure, and should always be provided. With 

 all the openings thrown open in summer, such a house will be quite cool. In 

 winter, with door and window closed and the ventilator slightly open, it makes a 

 very warm house. The door can be hung from the top to open either way when 

 nosed by the hog, so that it will always swing shut. 



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