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6'30.5 /</6 , v.ce� Jl\NUMlY G, I� FA � .CONT1NU1NG MAIL & BREEZE This feed i double-deck and farrowing house These Nebraska-type, 2-sow houses on .. with concrete lot gives Charles Howe, pasture are preferred by Harve Kinzie, Douglas county, the kind of layout bed Brown county. Feed wagon, in back- suited to his farm conditions. ground, cuts down labor. "Hog House� Considering Cost� Is ',' BEST·PAYING BUILDING planning hog housing facilities, This straw-loft central house with concrete feeding how much consideration be should floor has done well for Roy Nelson, Labette county. His the and comfort of WHENgiven well-being layout offers a combination of pig-raising possibilities. the sow and pigs, .and how much to conven ience and comfort for' the farmer who must care for them? Howard Good, Jefferson county, uses A· At first glance it might appear that the sow type and shed-type individual houses in and pigs would be the only consideration. But colonies. His son, Chester, shows arrange in these of labor it be days, shortages may ment for extra ventilation. Mr. Good likes essential that farmers conserve their labor the slled-type better than the A-house. ,1 and time and protect their health against more .physical exertion than.is absolute neces Center of the 'Nelson house is a sary. loafing shed equipped with feed room and a self No other farm building, says a recent U, s. feeder. In the foreground is a 6·foot reser Department of Agriculture bulletin, brings voir connected with the well for water such large returns on investment as does the storage in a central location. hog house, yet too frequently it is the most poorly constructed building on the farm. One I '\ of the chief criticisms which may be made against the average hog house is that it is poorly lighted and ventilated if. in fact, any" provision at all has been made for ventilation. north side of the house and .along the east Importance of proper housing for hogs is wall of the feeding pen gives enough protec "realized when you stop, to think that the hog tion so the entire front of the farrowing house » . has about the .natural . is left .poorest protection" open. against bad weather of any farm animal. Advantages of this layout, according to It be would a simple matter to solve the hog Mr. Howe, are that he gets' better results on housing' problem 'in Karisas 'if' anyone' type sanitation control than before and can take of house was suitable for every farm but, as , care-of the sows and pigs with less time and a" matter of 'fact, the needs vary greatly by labor. Pigs are kept on the feeding floor until areas within the state and still further on in weaning time. then taken to fattening pens dividual farms. General climatic conditions in another location. an play important part in choosing the riglli Both shed- and are used on , A-type houses type of hog house but the owner also must the farm of Howard Good, Jefferson county. Altho he is not entirely satisfied with the be governed by theIayout of his farmstead; t While the A-type houses ave much cheaper A-type house, Mr. Good has done, his best amount and location of and pasture water, to build, he likes the shed-type better because 'to make it 1ft his needs. His first houses of number of hogs to be handled, and the more by they give headroom and are more con this had a small door in front at . type single, amount of money he is able to invest. , venient in for the in his caring 'sows, opinion. the bottom, He has improved this with a Charles Howe, manager of the Bert Nichol He thinks there is more room for the pigs as double door for easier entrance. and also has farm, likes a farrow- Douglas county, central they grow and that they can remain in the made a rear . triangular hinged flap at the top ,ing house with concrete The house He also feels the feeding pen. longer. shed-type of for added ventilation on nice days. house is a farrowing double-decker. with the. fers more sunshine. Putting extra openings in such houses is not for feed Fitted into the side his top part storage. Considering comfort, Mr. Good says the recommended on the theory that they weaken of a the feed steep slope. room is on ground shed-type also offers him more protection on the structure and .make the houses drafty, but level, approaching from the house, while the cold days as he finds there is considerable when the. weather is bad Mr. Good banks his pens are on the level suction around the farrowing ground coming top of the narrow A-type houses with straw anyway, so the extra open froni the other side. A rock wall across the house. ing at the rear 'is [Continued on Page 1'1'] .. Kansas Farmer for·January 6,'194 Livestock Champion Bob Heinz, Ford county 4-H Clu member, has been chosen by the state 4-H Club office as state 4-H Club live. stock champion, it is announced John P. by Perrier, Ford county agent. Young Heinz is a son of Mr: and Mrs J. H. Heinz, southwest of Dodge City: A meeting of the American POUltry Association in connection with the State Poultry Breeders' Association, will be held at the City Auditorium, Topeka, January 11. This will be of vital importance to all interested in the Kansas poultry industry. This will be the first of meeting its kind ever ' conducted in Kansas. Livestock Meet Soon Dates for the 32nd annual conven tion of-the Kansas Livestock Associa tion, at Wichita, have been set for Tuesday, Wednesday and MarCh Thursday, 13, '14, and 15. As usual, the convention will be held at the Lassen Hotel. No definite program has been an nounced but nationally known speak ers have been invited and some al ready have accepted. All indications are that the convention will be as good or better than those previously held, Honor to Three Certificates for outstanding service to agriculture were presented to 3 Kansas county agents at the recent' Chicago convention of the National Association of County Agricultural 3 agents, The Kansans honored are Joe M. Goodwin, Linn county, V. E. of McAdams, Barton. and experience hundreds of thousands DO broken-bar to catch mud and county, Henry pockets J. Adams, of Republic county. THEof farmers who use To for the tractors daily under trash and cause The qualify distinguished sen" slippage. self-cleaning, ive award a till County agent must hay! weather conditions on 1111 of soil been an or assistant types connected bars are more agent agent for Ionger, giving 10 years, must have taken . graduate proves that Firestone work In conclusively only surface in the addition to his college degree, pulling all-Importane and must Ground Grips IIlways give have developed an outatand positive cleaning traction zone. Ground made ing program for serving ·the farmers Grips by; in his and maximum traction. county, and must be an out Firestone, the pioneer and pacemaker, pull standing leader. Ground alone Grips provide a triple better longer. This has been tested and Hold Tractor Schools braced, continuous traction bar. There are A proved at.the Firestone Farms. series of 41 one-day tractor main tenance schools, to prepare Kansa tractors for the 1945 season, has been announced by John M. Ferguson, act ing head of the .Extens'ion engmeer ing department, Kansas State College. Last year between 60 and 70 per cent of all the tractors in Kansas were repaired and ready for action by the end of February. That record may be surpassed this year. Schools will be conducted by Extension engineers, as' slsted by local implement dealers; The program is on Ii. 2-year basis, with about half of the Kansas coun ties being covered each year. Follow· . ing the tractor schools, . instruction in maintenance and repair of and Mr. Extra Traction tillage represents seeding equipment will be given in and the Extra Bar Len th that gives February March, then schools on harvesting equipment care wlll be held Superior Pulling Power to in March and April. FIRESTONE GROUND GRIP Senator Capper 011 Radio TRACTOR TIRES. Every Sunday afternoon at 4 :45 o'clock Senator Arthur Capper diS cusses national questions over WIBW radio station. aIlIllIlIllIIllUIIIIIIWIlIlIiIllI!""'IIIiIl!III"lIImm�lIl1l11lll1ld KANSAS FARMER Continuing Mail & Breeze . 7ie 7� -;44t jDJt4 Topeka., Kansas Vol.. 8Z, No.1' ABTHUR CAPPER PubUs)t,r S'etta�� :u.. S. BLAKE General lUana.ger Raymond H. Gllkeson : Editc;r Dick Mann Assoclate EdltN Cecil Barger Associate Edi ior .(On Leave-Anny) Florence McKinney , ... Women's Dr. C. H. Lerrlgo Medical DepartrnenEditc'[ James S. Brazelton Horticultllre Mrs. Henry Farnsworth : . PoultrY Jesse R. Johnson Livestock EditOr J. M. Parks Protective Seryice Roy R. Moore : Advertising R. W. Wohlford Circulation �ngeManage; Member: Audit Bureau of Circulations, rlcultural Publishers. Association, Nation'Mj pabUsben. Assoetatlon. jj�bllllhed the first a�d third . mont-h at lind Saturd�ys �;;.c» l Eighth Jackson streets,' '0: fpeka,.Kan. U. S. A. 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