. Hogology. CLARENCE R0BBIN5, The crate shown in the accompany-ing drawing I have found very handyin moving hogs from one part of thefarm to another. The sketch is self-explanatory as to construction, but I will add that it can be set on asled, the hog driven in at one endand out of the other by having bothends so that they can be raised. Sow and Litter Shipping Crate This crate is very handy to ship asow with litter by her side. The pigscan be kept in the small enclosure at the end of the crate and will keep outof dangers way. The diagram belowwill explain the measurements,
. Hogology. CLARENCE R0BBIN5, The crate shown in the accompany-ing drawing I have found very handyin moving hogs from one part of thefarm to another. The sketch is self-explanatory as to construction, but I will add that it can be set on asled, the hog driven in at one endand out of the other by having bothends so that they can be raised. Sow and Litter Shipping Crate This crate is very handy to ship asow with litter by her side. The pigscan be kept in the small enclosure at the end of the crate and will keep outof dangers way. The diagram belowwill explain the measurements, , PCRRV, rOWA Fifty Creeps and GatesIn the Hog Pen -a—^. - PART II A Creep for Young Pigs To teach young pigs to eat at theearliest possible age, we use flat bottomtroughs 13 inches wide by 4 inches deep,in which to feed the mothers. Thesmall pigs soon learn to eat from atrough like this. As soon as the pigslearn to eat well from this trough,build a division fence which will pre-vent the mother from getting to thetrough. Feed the mother near by ina trough with the top at least 13 inchesfrom the ground and make a creep holenear the ground so the pigs can get tothe low, flat trough containing pig several sows have pigs a monthold and over, we bunch them and feedthe young porkers in a common pen.♦ * ♦ Our feed pens are formed in the shape of an L, a row of pens 6 feet by8 feet being arranged for each indi-vidual sow. The bottow of the L formsthe feed pen for the pigs; the open sideis toward the pasture. When we first used such an arrange-ment, we noticed as the p
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