. Hogology. creep hole5 inches wide and 4 feet long so severalpigs can get in at one time. The pigsgo in thru a five inch hole and comeout thru an eight inch hole. If a pig gets wedged, he backs out and theswinging door opens and never injuresan animal. When the pigs are eating, we open thedoors to the sow pen and let the sowsin one at a time and close the dooron her to prevent fighting. We haveseveral pens for pigs of different sizes. It is necessary to have a facing sothe bottom of the door hangs well in-side of the facing to keep the sowsfrom opening it. We nail a strip hori-zontally across
. Hogology. creep hole5 inches wide and 4 feet long so severalpigs can get in at one time. The pigsgo in thru a five inch hole and comeout thru an eight inch hole. If a pig gets wedged, he backs out and theswinging door opens and never injuresan animal. When the pigs are eating, we open thedoors to the sow pen and let the sowsin one at a time and close the dooron her to prevent fighting. We haveseveral pens for pigs of different sizes. It is necessary to have a facing sothe bottom of the door hangs well in-side of the facing to keep the sowsfrom opening it. We nail a strip hori-zontally across the facing midway of thedoor on the side the door opens tokeep the door from opening too wideand to give strength to the whole we have a creep hole that is neverout of shape. An A-1 Trap for Hogs I have a simple and inexpensiveequipment on my farm which I wishto give to brother breeders. It is what I call a hog gap, and Ithink anyone raising hogs could useit with satisfaction and profit. I use it. Fifty-four PART II between all my fields and bermudapasture, at my dipping vat, and be-tween field and field. It is made inthis way. I go to my wire fence, putin two good fence posts three feetapart, staple the wire to them firmly,then, beginning at the bottom of thefence, I leave the two bottom wiresthere, but cut the wires above theseas high as I want the gap, say twoand a half or three feet, leaving thetwo bottom and top wires in take a l}4x4 and nail on postsup and down the same side of fencewire is nailed on. I nail on twocross pieces, Ij4x4, one across thebottom just coming up even with thetwo wires left, the other three feet abovethe first, making an opening 3 x 3which will admit any of my hogs orpigs, but not a^mit cows or stop this hole up, I take three one inch boards 12 wide and about4 long and stick down between thewires I left uncut at bottom and topof fence and the two cross pieces,this making it secure until you wantit open. Boards of sma
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