. Hogology. J. C BOSTWICKHOYT, KANS. I make a V-shaped hog trough anylength up to 16 feet out of 2 inchplank, one 2x8 and one 2x10, then Imake a box by using two pieces of1x12 board 18 inches long and with adrawing knife trim off each side ofthe trough and nail on the two nail the cross boards to eachof the 18 inch boards and leave theend open thru which you pour the. slop. This end of the trough shouldbe somewhat higher than the otherend so that the slop will run freelythru the trough. Do not put anycross pieces on the trough to be inthe way. I can feed forty shotes or 20 av-erage
. Hogology. J. C BOSTWICKHOYT, KANS. I make a V-shaped hog trough anylength up to 16 feet out of 2 inchplank, one 2x8 and one 2x10, then Imake a box by using two pieces of1x12 board 18 inches long and with adrawing knife trim off each side ofthe trough and nail on the two nail the cross boards to eachof the 18 inch boards and leave theend open thru which you pour the. slop. This end of the trough shouldbe somewhat higher than the otherend so that the slop will run freelythru the trough. Do not put anycross pieces on the trough to be inthe way. I can feed forty shotes or 20 av-erage size hogs in a 12 foot trough ofthis kind and never do I have to fightthem away. A Convenient Hog Trough. JAMES NJSSLEVPENiaeRTON, OHIO The hog trough shown in thedrawing above is very convenient asit can be used near the fence or ina lot among the pigs, and the pigscannot interfere with the hog man inpouring the slop into the trough. The upright is a piece of wooden pump stock 3 or syi feet high nailedin the trough so as to let the slopout on each side. An old wash panis nailed on the top of the pumpstock with a hole in bottom, thruwhich the slop is poured into thetrough. Seventy-two PART II A Hog House Trough
Size: 2008px × 1245px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauth, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidcu31924003128497
