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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 415, 28 April 1904, Page 6

BUILDING A PIGGERY. -J?lan No. I provide? We>ntr*r-f*!#dtet •Hey. 6 fee* wide, vrrth p*ft« 8 hf i£fe*t on either feide, and 20 feet widecemented trench 2 feetdeepvhitoqrh&b the urine drains ieom either side, tixe fe«d troughs being set up from the Amc • littlfe-tb permit Itsjpasaagt. of thfe 'alley is 'composed of battened aecttbn* ! By Vhieli »?fJftmjjT« to elesa the trench Mid put in fresh ebset bebis.- Afthereiren*of titfctfljtug is ' a cemented manure- pit *iby*~lß feel, into which the manure as wheeled and, left until a suitable time f*r draw* iog it to the field. The floor of thfcpeTas is of plank and slopes 3 or 4 inches-to-fi-ard the treneh. ■ The planks are laid on the pounded earth, over which hat betn spread a coat of thin cement mortar or a half Inch or more of cheap •alt; The coarse manure from the pens it thrown over the partitions into a PLAN NO. % CROSS SBCTIONi,' wheelbarrow io» the alky, - a- blanket made of old-batiaps being thrown over the partition and (roughs to prevent possible toiling. The loft room may be used for storing- feed or straw for bedding, as occasion demands. A trapdoor in the loft floor directly orer each, steeping apartment would afford a con-. f enientT means" of .supplying 1 litter at frequent {nterra3*'a& needed. ~ Plan roonv along one side of the building 6

T LAN NO. I. fe€t wide. The pens are Bby 1C feet, making the building S3 feet wide. Th«* rear portion of the pens is floora «. nlank laid an in the former plan, riid resigned for the sleeping apurtruen; The front portion, designed as a feeding and manure floor, is grouted or paved, and slightly depressed, so sa to hold the liquids till they can be absorbed by the litter. The partitions between the sleeping-rooma are per■tt&vht, while those between the feeding floors are in the form of doors, and hinged to the middle posts, and are of •oeh length that when opened they aaut the swine into the sleeping apartments and leaTe a driveway entirely through the building. The manure is thus very conveniently drawn or wheeled out and litter introduced to the pens. Doors and yards may be provided as convenience will dictate.— Country Gentleman. Syltt Bam tor Cattle. Psttle of any age will eat split ears of torn without soreness of the mouth, which frequently results when fed on wiioie rare, or on parts of ears which have been broken crosswise of the cob. Even calves of nine months will grow fat upon them. This is a special !y d«•itable way to prepare it- to feed to , snikh cows. A ataer of. three years is 'not folly provided with grinder*, and OY«n at that age it is harbor him to jmatioate who!* ears. __ _ that contfint M'Kerstf's tm trpafrm Haudai Lanka anblandet •a, Proitnbla amy first-cU« §t%gr. , f ■_ _ -