. Hogology. works like a not only gives them feed, but giveseach hog an opportunity to work forhis living, and it is suprising to seethem stand there for hours exercisingfor their food. It is the most usefulinvention I ever had on the farm. The feeder shown is 16 feet long,the trough below the hopper is 18inches wide and aj^ inches igh. Thefeed hopper is made about 4 inchesshorter than the trough so that it fitsexactly between the two end feed hopper consists of eight lx4s nailed on an octagon-shapedboard, one of which is allowed toslide in order that feed may be putin. The o
. Hogology. works like a not only gives them feed, but giveseach hog an opportunity to work forhis living, and it is suprising to seethem stand there for hours exercisingfor their food. It is the most usefulinvention I ever had on the farm. The feeder shown is 16 feet long,the trough below the hopper is 18inches wide and aj^ inches igh. Thefeed hopper is made about 4 inchesshorter than the trough so that it fitsexactly between the two end feed hopper consists of eight lx4s nailed on an octagon-shapedboard, one of which is allowed toslide in order that feed may be putin. The octagonal boards are putin four feet apart, on which there isa square loop to provide for removingthe loose board. Thru the center ofthe hopper there is a half inch gaspipe extending thru the end boards inholes cut 18 inches from the crack of about one-eighth inchmust be left between the lx4s to per-mit the feed to fall out when thehopper is rooted around by the hogs. Eighty-one HOGOLOGY A Pig Feeder. ENNeS BECKHAM,JULPHUR SPRINSS. ttHAS, I give you a description of what Icall a first class pig feeder. It is aninvention of my own and no doubtwill be of value to others. I find it isa very convenient apparatus, for feed-ing and handling pigs. , This feederis especially useful at weaning timewhen it becomes necessary to givespecial attention to the feeding of thepigs in order to prevent holes in the front of the apparatusadmit the pigs and keep the largerhogs out, thus keeping the larger hogsfrom mashing the pigs and also fromeating the pigs feed. To use it, cut a small gap in thefence where the hogs are enclosedand put the feeder on the outside ofthe fence with the front of it in thegap in the fence. This enables youto feed the pigs without getting in thepen with the hogs. There is a drop door in front of the feeder which maybe dropped down over the entranceto shut the pigs up if you want tocatch them. The feeder also has manyother advantages which I will not
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