LIVE STOCK

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 3013, 30 June 1893, Page 1

LIVE STOCK

CONVENIENT HOGHOUSE.

Some Idea* Which Will Be Uwfnl t» Breeders of Hon.

To raise good hogs and make pork making, profitable it is essential that tb* buildings and appliances be well >aiw ranged and kept in good order. No modhole with a few rails.around it and boom boards over one corner will serve thtt purpose. The building for a HmftstiF number of hogs should be 86 by 12, with a passageway 4 feet wide along out side, and it should be divided into ribs apartments, each 6 by 8, which commmiir

cat c with one another by means of ■Hflh^p doors, and with the outside by either hanging doors or doors opening outward. The partitions should be solid and about 3 feet high. A plan of such a building ia shown at Fig. 1. .., -^ For a larger number of hogs tod bi likling may be enlarged proportionally, and if desirable a corncrib may be built vlong the front to facilitate feeding. The entire building should be raised off the ground about 2J^ feet and bridges' should lead to the running ground is the rear. There is nothing more annoying ia hog raising than the usual rush and scramble for the monopolization of the trough, by which means the weaker animals are always crowded back, and the runt always remains a runt. Fig. 2 shows a very good < contrivance for preventing this, insuring "eqSST rights" to all, and as the owner of such a pen remarked, "It is an excellent dt»

vice for teaching a hog good manners.* It is a solidly made swing door, reaching^ across the front of each division. Tho upper crosspiece to which th&boards an: nailed is a scantling cut round at the) ends so as to work freely in a 2-inck > hole. This door, when unconfined, savings directly over the center of -#• trough. The trough, A, Fig. §, is mad* of \\i by 10-inch hard wood material , and is fitted closely between the stauchions which support the roof, while rest* iug on the end board is a somewhat ' £"--meular shaped board, B, which serve* aiid closes an opening-«Slj!^3^~J*ou£« wise be made by drawing the BwttffWtt?-. forward. • The swing door, Fig. 2, is supported, at one end by a solid block, A, firmly nailed to the upright, while at the other end the block is in two sections, the lower part only being made solid,, the upper part being fastened to the stanchion by means of a coaca screw, Shis part is mademoYable Andoantepnshn ed aside as fat Fig. 2. In taa> center of th« swinging door to a strong wooden, bolt, B, who** constrnctionjnay.. be readily seen from the design. This to made to work neatly but easily, and is shot into a corresponding hole in either side of the trough, thus retaining the door in the desired position. An iron handle to attached by means of which the bolt lit worked, while at the same time it serres to draw the door backward or forward* The door is pushed back and bolted, leaving the trough dear as at O, Fig, ft When in this position the slops may be> poured in from the passageway without even the slightest annoyance from the hogs inside. It is then drawn-forward as at D and the greedy animals take possession. . • ■ ■' ■'< 1 The fact that the entire building should be raised off the ground will admit of an elevated platform, Kg. 4»

placed at one end of the honae. # should be substantially mad« and have a gate, A, at one side. .The gate \mn i* hook and when not in uM is folded Wft and fastened to a staple in the "Walt - : To remove hqg« from the penolOM IM, gate and back th« wagon with it* tew end squarely against the end of Ja* platform. The movable Mock, B, Fig . 2, is then pushed aside and the.awinging door is then easily removed. ose hoff may then, without tne least difficulty. be driven along the passage and directly into the wagon with not on^tenth th» vexation of loading from an open penv— James M. Sbull in Rural New Yorker. ■

It is gratifying to know that the mutton market has kept up well this spnngi | Supplies Avero light early in the seawn..

Zealand one week later than at present, thus affording ample time to reply to correspondence received by the incoming steamer by the nexb outward mail, DIRECT VETO BILT., The Direct Veto Bill which Sir Robert Stout is bringing before the Houae is a skeleton of the bulky measure whjxsh was prepared on behalf of the New Zealand * Alliance. The main provisions as to a triennial poll on general election day, and giving people a direct right of veto are maintained, but the extraneous provisions of the measure are eliminated. The probabilities are that*there will be a substantial majority in favor of the Bill. THE COURTS. Bills extending the jurisdiction of district courts to £500 in civil cases and to confer upon the registrar in the district where there is no resident judge power to do certain acts in chambers have passed the second reading. ELECTORAL BILL. In the Council the Electoral Bill is practically in the same form as it left the Lower House last session. An elector can only be registered on one roll, women are ineligible for Beats in either branch of the legislature. - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL Under the Municipal Corporations Bill no ratepayer can have more than three votes. One vote is permitted for property up to £50 in value, two votes for under £160, over that three votes. Provision is made for the licensing and securing of cleanliness in dairies and milk vessels, and prohibiting the saie of milk where the public health would be endangered. GENERAL HALF HOT.ID *Y. Saturday is to be the general half-holi-day under the Shop alid Shop Assistants Bill, and all premises, with the exoeption of coffee houses, restaurants and eating houses are to be closed at one p.m. Chemists are permitted to be open from seven to nine on Saturday night, and to make up prescriptions for urgent cases during prohibited hours. Those employed in e%ting houses, etc., are to have a half-holiday one day in the week in the afternoon, The day may be changed by the local borough council from Saturday • to a more convenient day, but the closing must be general on the day so appointed. Women and persons under eighteen years are not to be employed in any shop for a longer period than fifty-eight hours, including meal time, in any one week. Penalties are provided for breaches of the Act. Wellington, June 30. COMMITTEES. Mr Honaton has been appointed chairman of the Native Affairs Committee, Mr Thompson of the Public Petitions, and Colonel Eraser of the CJoldfields. NORTHERN RAILWAYS. Mr Shera intends moving that £800,000 unsold guaranteed debentures be applied without further delay to connecting Auckland by railway with the railway system of the North Island. The debentures to be sold from time to time to provide funds as the works are being constructed.