LIVE STOCK

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 403, 28 January 1904, Page 6

LIVE STOCK

BUILDIItG A PIGGERY. l'M-o l*lnn» V»'im-.i .liny De Exteaded to Meet the Kc«iaJrciiient« of Aay jir.Uraarj- Farm Herd. Pian -V=- ! -provides a central feedinc *'tty 6 fret wide, with pens Bby 12 fee* •n cither side, and requiring a building ,*a» frrt wide. Beneath the alley is a »- :•, r.ivil 1 reneh 2 feet deep, into which i*q w i.e drains from either side, the feed t -rgb:* being s« k t up from the floor ft Jit rli .i> permit its passage. The floor of i tie alley is composed of battened sections 3 by 6 feet, which are remove'd to clean the trench and put in fresh ab-

PLAN SO. 1. * norbents. At the rear end of the building is a cemented manure pit S by 16 1 - • r . into which the manure is wheeled i't-.-.i lest until a suitable time for drawU,t: it lo the field- The floor of the pens Lt of plank and slopes 3 or 4 inches town id the trench- The planks are laid on tbv landed earth, over which has been i pread a coat of thin cement mortar or a half inch or more of cheap palt. The coarse manure from the pens is thrown over the partitions into a

PLAN NO. 2. CROSS SECTION.

wheelbarrow in the alley, a blanket of old burlaps being thrown ove (he partition and troughs to preven-possible-soiling. The loft room ma; be used for. storing feed or straw fo!>"dding, as occasion demands. A trap door in the loft floor directly over eac. sleeping apartment would afford a con v- uii-nt means of supplying litter a: frequent intervals as needed. I'iea No. 2 provides an alley and feedroom along one side of the building <

PLAN NO. 2.

feet w;ue. The pens are Bby 16 feet, nuking the building '-2 feet wide. Tin irar portion of the pens is floored wit! plank laid as in the former plan, and i designed far the sleeping apartment The i'ront portion, designed as a feer. i?jg and manure floor, is grouted o j-.-.vrd, and slightly depressed, so as t hold the liquids till they can be aLtorbed by the litter. The partition between the sleeping-rooms are per manent, while those between the feed Jug iluors are in the form of doors, an« hinged to the middle posts, and are o Mich length that when opened the. shut the swine into the sleeping i>part ments and leave a driveway entirel; through the building. The manure i: thus very conveniently drawn oi •wheeled out and litter introduced totht pens. Doors and yards may be pro vided as convenience will dictate.— Country Gentleman.

Spilt Bars for Cattle. rattle of any age will eat split ears of corn without soreness of the mouth, which frequently results when fed on whole ears, or on parts of ear* which have been broken crosswise of the cob. Even calves of nine months will grow fat upon them. This is a specially defirahle way to prepare it to ."red to mil«-h cows. A steer of three years is not fully provided with grinders, and oven at that nge it is hard for hiin to masticate whole ears.