. Hogology. Figure No. 2. The Crowding Board Fig. 1 shows my sunshine hoghouse made with 3x6 oak runner and8x4 frame, covered with ship lap sid-ing (14-foot siding is used). I findthis a great house for little pigs, asthey can always get a sun bath in thecold weather. This house is veryhandy for the hog man, as he canenter to clean it out without diffi-culty. Fig. 3 shows a crowding board onT hinges, which I use in my hoghouses. It can be let down at far-rowing time and raised when thehouse is used for the larger hogs,making a great deal more room. Itshould be made from a board V-Aif-tinches w
. Hogology. Figure No. 2. The Crowding Board Fig. 1 shows my sunshine hoghouse made with 3x6 oak runner and8x4 frame, covered with ship lap sid-ing (14-foot siding is used). I findthis a great house for little pigs, asthey can always get a sun bath in thecold weather. This house is veryhandy for the hog man, as he canenter to clean it out without diffi-culty. Fig. 3 shows a crowding board onT hinges, which I use in my hoghouses. It can be let down at far-rowing time and raised when thehouse is used for the larger hogs,making a great deal more room. Itshould be made from a board V-Aif-tinches wide, and the board should beof hardwood so that it will hold the. Figure No. 1. A Sunshine Hog House Bighty-nine HOGOLOGY Farrowing House With Pen A farrowing house like the oneshown in the accompanying illustra-tion is built six feet square, using2x4 studding for frame and siding,with six-inch flooring. The frame ismade 30 in. high on back side, 4 front, which faces south and isleft open. The other three sides aresided, making a good, warm house. The pen is made 6x10 ft. in front ofthe house, with a door in the end to shut the pigs in to ring or catch make the frame cut two posts 30in. long, two 4 ft. long, and eleven nailties 6 ft. long, spiking them to posts,three on the back, three on each andtwo in front, putting one at the topand one high enough for a sow towalk under. I keep my sows in a separate lot,one sow in each, and use iron troughs,only, which I think is the best.
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