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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 13 
Live Stock and Dairy 
PORTABLE PENS FOR FARROWING 
SOWS. 
A friend of mine who annually raises 
a large number of pigs, and has only a 
limited amount of shedroom has, appar¬ 
ently, solved the problem of putting 
much in little, or making a little go a 
long way, so far as pig raising is con¬ 
cerned. His pigshed is in the center of 
a large yard, and is a long structure 
made of common boards. It is 30 feet 
long, 12 feet wide and six feet high at 
the corners. The ends and north side 
are boarded up tight, while the south 
side is open. The roof is common 
boards, and has sufficient pitch to shed 
rain rapidly. The floor is earth, and is 
about six inches higher than the sur¬ 
rounding level at the sides, and about 
12 inches higher in the center. It is a 
good, cheap shed, and will last 15 to 20 
years, with a few timely repairs. It is 
always kept well bedded with straw, 
and his pigs “roost” here of nights the 
year around. From the yard surround¬ 
ing this shed, gates open into two small 
pastures adjoining. One is sown to rye 
the latter part of August or early in 
September, whenever the soil is in seed¬ 
ing condition, and soon as it is large 
enough the pigs, big and litue, are ad¬ 
mitted to it an hour or so two to four 
days each week, according to the vigor 
of its growth. As early in the Spring 
as the soil is firm enough they are given 
an hour on it each day until it begins 
to joint, when they run on it at will. 
The other pasture is plowed each Spring 
A PORTABLE PIG PEN. Flo. 263. 
at a time when the soil will pulverize 
nicely, and sown with a mixture of rye, 
oats, corn and sorghum. This is allowed 
to get a foot high before the pigs are let 
in. Then they are given half an hour to 
an hour each day. He manages this by 
letting the pigs in when he comes in 
from the field in the evening, and then 
bringing them out after the chores are 
done and supper over. He was led to 
adopt this plan because his farm is small 
and a clover or Blue-grass pasture for 
his pigs is out of the question. Last 
year he added a quarter of an acre of 
sweet corn to his supply of green feed, 
drilling it rather thickly in rows along¬ 
side of cue pasture, where it was handy 
to draw over tne fence. He found it very 
useful when pasturage ran short during 
the dry weatner. 
But it is in the management of his 
breeding sows that he displays his gen¬ 
ius. As I said, he has only one shed for 
his herd, and instead of dividing this, 
at great expense, into small and incon¬ 
venient pens, he has made a number of 
portable pens, 6x8 feet square and four 
feet high, which he can quickly set up 
or take down as may be required. These 
pens are made of common six-inch fence 
boards. Those of the end panels, six 
feet long, are securely nailed to the edge 
of 2x4-incli studding four feet long. See 
diagram 1, Fig. 263. The boards of the 
side panels, eight feet long, are nailed 
to pieces of fencing four feet long. See 
diagram 2, Fig. 263. When the pens are 
set up the corners are securely fastened 
together with two %-inch bolts, five 
inches long, which pass through the up¬ 
rights and ends of lower and third 
boards of tne side panels, and the 2x4 
studding of the end panels, as shown. 
This holds them secure. Two or three 
days before a sow is due to farrow she 
is coaxed under the shed, and one of the 
pens popped over her. She is given a 
litle short straw for bedding, and two 
small eight boxes, one for her soft feed 
and the other for water. Here she re¬ 
mains until i er nigs are a week or 10 
days old, if the weatner is warm, longer 
if cold. Then she is turned out with the 
others. When the sow is turned out 
the bolts are withdrawn and the pen 
taken apart and laid away on the cross¬ 
ties in the upper part of the shed. He 
has six of these little pens, but rarely 
has more than three or four in use at 
one time. With the care he gives them 
they will last a lifetime. For the small¬ 
er breeds pens 4x6 are large enough. 
Tenant farmers will find these portable 
pens very useful contrivances, because 
they can easily be moved from one farm 
to another, and set up in any kind of a 
shed that may be found on the premises. 
My friend has been very successful with 
his farrowing sows. When put in the 
little pens they are amid familiar sur¬ 
roundings and make no fuss, but quiet¬ 
ly proceed to making a nest and settle 
down as though they had expected this 
provision to be made for them. 
Illinois. FRED GRUNDY. 
A FEW FODDER NOTES. 
Our conditions do not seem to be suit¬ 
able for using the methods for securing 
corn and corn fodder recently described; 
so we cut our field corn after the usual 
methods, putting about 16 hills in a 
shock, that there might not be so many 
as to make it difficult to handle them; 
then haul to the barn as soon as dry 
enough and before the storms caught us. 
For small pieces of a few acres we like 
this method very well. It doesn’t do to 
leave the corn standing in the field long 
if set up after this fashion. We raise 
considerable sowed corn, sowing it 
thicker than the station folks tell us to 
do, and by so doing get finer stalks, 
which we think cows will eat rather 
more readily than those from large- 
growing corn planted in hills. We are 
able to cultivate just as thoroughly. 
Some think the corn not so nutritious 
as that which is less thickly seeded, but 
we feel inclined to continue our present 
method until sure we ought to change. 
This corn is cut and thrown in gavels to 
wilt a little, then taken to the barn and 
set up without packing, where it cures 
out beautifully. It needs some watching, 
for if it falls down it is likely to hurt 
unless set up again. It makes what we 
consider excellent food for cows, though, 
of course, it needs protein food with it. 
The extremely dry weather held on so 
late and so persistently that it was a 
question whether to sow the peas and 
barley after all. We don’t like to plow 
ground that is so very dry, besides it is 
hard work. About August 10 there was 
a light snower, and the plow was at once 
started, not because it made plowing 
much easier, but in order to catch and 
turn under all the moisture possible. 
One saves a portion of the moisture that 
way, and it helps to rot the sod. A 
iiumoer of experiments with this dry- 
weather plowing have convinced us that 
the plan of plowing under moisture is 
right. As soon as the plowing was fin¬ 
ished we drew on manure, taking care 
to harrow it in almost as fast as spread, 
so as to save all the fertility possible. 
Dry earth is an excellent ammonia 
catcher. After an abundance of thor¬ 
ough harrowing the peas and barley 
were sown, and now thanks to a few 
showers that have fallen and, as I be¬ 
lieve, to the thorough cultivation, the 
field is as green as a meadow in Spring, 
and promises a nice late feed to cut for 
the cows. We tried it last year, under 
rather more favorable conditions, and 
were much pleased with the experiment. 
Barley will grow at a temperature of 40 
degrees, we are told, and wants only 84 
degrees for its best, while corn requires 
90 degrees to do its best work. 
ir. IT. L. 
Oats Kill IIkns.— Oats are a good food 
for hens, for a change, but they should be 
boiled before feeding. A neighbor of mine 
who keeps a good many hens was favored 
with a surprise party this Fall, the party 
being held in a grore, in the form of a 
picnic. The visiting friends helped to make 
their call pleasant by bringing a nice pres¬ 
ent. While the friends stayed, the hens 
grew hungry, and in the haste of the mo¬ 
ment, they were given a liberal feed of 
oats, as it was just after thrashing. After 
the visitors had gone an account of stock 
was taken, and it was found that there was 
an increase in resources to the amount of 
a new sewing machine, minus the value of 
about 75 hens, the number found dead. The 
oats had so swollen in the crop of the 
fowls that the crop was actually broken 
open by the pressure. h. h. l. 
—Canadian Milk Trade.— The milk busi¬ 
ness at Hamilton, Ontario, is under the 
supervision of the board of health. Vend¬ 
ers are licensed, who pay a nominal fee of 
$1 per year; before procuring their license 
they must get a certificate from the health 
inspector of their municipality, who has 
inspected their byres and premises where 
milk is handled. A sample is taken from 
the different dealers, about once a month 
and tested for amount of butter fat, the 
result of which is published in the daily 
papers, giving users an idea of the quality 
; of milk supplied. The price is five to six 
cents per quart, is almost solely dispensed 
from large cans, the bottle system being 
very little practiced. The supply comes 
from the immediately surrounding coun¬ 
try, which is brought to the city in wagons. 
There are a few wholesale dealers who 
have it shipped in by rail. Grade cows are 
almost solely kept. R. R. g. 
The Old Reliable Remedy For Spavins, Splints, Rlng- 
K bones, Curbs, etc. Also All Lameness. 
tCJT/b 
KENDALL’S 
ISPAVIN CURE, 
CERTAIN IN ITS EFFECTS AND DOES NOT BUSTER. 
Kingston, N. Y., Sept. 19, ’98. 
Gents:—Your Kendall’s Spavin Cure I hnve used for the 
last two years,and I think It is the best inedielnel eversnwfor 
Spavin and Splint, and will freely recommend it to my 
friends. Yours respectfully, WM. l'ROCHN'OW. 
Such endorsements ns the above are a guaranto 
of merit. I’rlee, $1; six for 8.1. Asa liniment for 
family use it has no equal. Ask yonr druggist for 
; Kendall’s Spavin Cure, also “A Treatise on 
the Horse,” the book free, or address 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Enosburg Falls, Vt. 
Breeders’ Directory. 
POULTRY SUPPLIES 0T8 ™ BSHEr ' ua30 °-" a 
plete list. J. H. SLACK, 
50c. per 100. Send for com- 
Manufr,. Bloomsbury, N. J 
IIow to Have Healthy Chicks the 
Year Around. Receipt for 10 cents. 
H. F. LINDEKMAN, Haysville, Pa. 
F or Sale—A fine lot of Fall and Winter breeding 
birds. W. & B. Rocks: W. & Br. Leghorns: W 
Wyan. Stamp. Mrs. F. I*. Hellings, Dover. Del 
Shropshires and SoaMo«~o f T h £ 
quality. J. C. DUNCAN, Lewiston, N. Y. 
CUPnPQUIRC nn\A/W Sheep Find lambs of 
onnuromne UUlVIl either sex for sale at 
Farmers’ prices, .las. Sinsabaugh. l’ine Bush. N. Y. 
N ational delaine merinos, black-top 
SPANISH MERINOS. SHHOPSIIIRES. HAMS 
ANI) EWES. All Registered. Correspondence 
solicited. M. C. MULKIN. Friendship, N. Y. 
HAMPSHIHES. 
The Business Farmer’s Sheep. 
$75 takes 10 ewe lambs; $00 takes six yearling ewes 
$120 takes 10 two-year ewes: $1U0 takes 10 tine rani 
lambs. All registered or eligible, and sure to please 
Address W. A. BASSETT, Farmer. N. Y. 
SHROPSHIRE 
Rain lambs, sired by England's 
prize winners: a few good ewes. 
CHESTER WHITE SWINE. -A 
choice lot of young pigs. Fine 
stock a specialty. 
Sidney Sprague. Falconer.N.Y 
■pine Jersey Cows, by the carload, furnished on 
short notice, at reasonable prices. O. B. FOOTE, 
art, N. Y. Ref.: J. B. Dutcher. Pawling, N. Y. 
Hobart 
C HENANGO VALLEY STOCK FARMS, Greene N. 
V.—Dutch Belted and Jersey Cattle; Dorset and 
Kambouillet Sheep; Poland-China, Jersey Red and 
Suffolk Pigs. Land and Witter Fowls. Hens 
Eggs, 00c. per dozen: 10 kinds; standard bred. 
PETER No. 5401 
RED POLLED BULL 
for Sale. A chance to 
rilCDkICCV Dili 1 FOR SALE. — Henrye No. 
UUCrindt.1 DULL 5402; dropped January 10, 
1898; sire Eristan No. 4509; dam Alwilda No. 6102 
Vet. certificate. Price $150. Address 
MRS. LAWTON, Port Ewen-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
SALE OF GUERNSEYS. 
Fourteen Heifers. Choice lot; high cla-s. Suit¬ 
able for show-ring or foundation of herd. Three in 
protit; seven others approaching. 
M. SAGER. Orangeville, Pa, 
Some GOOD young 
JERSEY BULL CALVES 
FOB SALE at fair prices. No PLUGS nor un 
registered for sale at any price. 
R. V. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
150 Dellhurst Holsteins 
for sale, including young Cows, Heifers and a 
great lot of BULL CALVES—several now ready 
for service—sorts of “DeKol’s Butter Boy”, and 
the famous “ Royal Paul ” out of advanced Re¬ 
gistry cows. Catalogue. 
DELLHURST FARM, Mentor, Ohio. 
Chester Whites, Holsteins and Choice Eggs. 
A fine lot of young sows bred for Fall litters 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves of extra breeding 
Light Brahma and B. Rock Eggs; 15 for 75 cents. 
CHAS. K. RECORD, l’eterboro, N. Y. 
Vf4Q VCLUDEC 1 For Sale, lOO head of Voik- 
I UnlVwlllnELv shires, the large white breed; 
best for bacon, family use and early market. Rico 
Sows, young Gilts and Boars. Pairs not akin 
registered. HILLS & PRICE, Delaware, Ohio. 
1200 
Ferrets for sale. Small, medium and large size 
Some trained. N. A. Knapp. Rochester. Ohio. 
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