Facts About Hogs

A stone hog house wlll be warm in winter anti cool in summer, and is very desirable, though not enough so to make up the di.ference in cost between it and the wood structure.. Don't forget to take good care of the (growing pigs even if the season is a hurried one. If they are given a good chance they should be sold at the best profit In December. Hogs get but little salt as a rule, though a few recommend it highly and leave it mixed with ashes in a box separate (rom the feeding trough where the animáis may help themselves. It is not sound policy to put it in the feed, because then they wil! be forced to eat more than they require with baneful results. June pigs require less care and attention than earller pigi& because warm weather and abundance oï milis from the dairy, and opportunity for their inother to get green lood, are all in their favor. It is a g ood plan to give the little family a grassy pasture ito p ay'in. and especially one that has water running through it, for mo animal is so much beni:f;ted by opportunity to drink and bathe frequently as the liog. The b:irs may be made somewhat open so the little p'gs may crawl through and help themselves to a slde dish preparea for their espacial treat outside. Under these circumstances the little fellows will p:-actically take care of themselves thesj warm days. Care must be exercised to see that they don't lack shelter from the fierce heat of the gun from now on, and they should be looked over criticaliy to see that they are all thriving and happy. Don't feed the youngsters on very sour swill wliile too small'. It upsets their digestive apparatus. A little later they may be permitted to take anything their growing appetites demand. Why is a black hog white aiter he is dre-sed ? This is the way some moral eharacters appear when in good clothes. Some hogs hurdle ; these will alallow the penning of the swine anywhere. Put up a hanging door that swings both ways in the doorway. Grunters with bristles are the only ones with which it will pay to spend much time. Provide plenty of trough room in lpngth, but don't have it too deep. A pig will keep itself clean if given an opportunity. Buy a boar ofg.ood blood and benefit your community. Don't make a mistak eby in-breeding jtoo closely. AVeak pigs and slow f eedeis are the result. Bend away for fresh stock. A stiong argument in favor of making yonng pork is that young an'.mals utilizo a larger per cent, oí the elemente in food than older ones do. A deep piece oï woods where grows some "fadeless etePÈraens" ís a deliglitful annex to the swine pasture in hot weather. The next best ihiiiij; is an underground stalilc, cool and darkened to keep out flies. The young pigg will ba al' the better if suokled fór three months. Pigs that ave weaned at live and Kix months old rarely do so well. The dam should be well fetl, and wastes from the dairy are among the most important tliings that can be given her. The reason some hogs cough and scem sickly is because they are confined too closely. Every bristle-beaiin? animal should have a field where grass may be obtained at all hours of the day.