. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. 216 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING (laic*—Two arrangements of the feed-gate are shown. This is Ihc lini,'Orldnt of the feeder. ilake tho iron bands (two> on each side) connecting the con- trol slide at the bottom, with the thumbscrew at the top, of light siriiii-inin. oiie-eif/litli iucJi thick by one incb wide. When the meal cl^ases t<:v flow, the pigs naturally root or nose toward the source of supply, and being able to move this Hexiblc slide, which. Fig. 48.—A type of self-feeding hopper in use on some large farms. in turn })rcsses
. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. 216 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING (laic*—Two arrangements of the feed-gate are shown. This is Ihc lini,'Orldnt of the feeder. ilake tho iron bands (two> on each side) connecting the con- trol slide at the bottom, with the thumbscrew at the top, of light siriiii-inin. oiie-eif/litli iucJi thick by one incb wide. When the meal cl^ases t<:v flow, the pigs naturally root or nose toward the source of supply, and being able to move this Hexiblc slide, which. Fig. 48.—A type of self-feeding hopper in use on some large farms. in turn })rcsses upon and breaks the meal blockade—they are rarely- left with a " dead " self-feeder. To prevent the pigs forcing the board too far in, it is, of covirse, necessary to place a cleat inside at eitlior end of each slide. Allow about 14-inch play between the slide and the cleat. The seciind arrangement shown is simple, consisting of a section of tlie gate hinging inward. This the pigs may root against, causini; it tn break any meal stoppage. Possilvlv the first deserilieil araiigenieiit will be found most satisfactory. * To tlu^ constant feeding of the meal, sunio means of agitation is iK'cessarv. (Itlieiwiso tlie contents will block close to the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Day, George E. , 1863-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott company
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