. Hogology. r feeding and slopping pigs I usea flat bottom trough made of a footplank, for the bottom 2x6 nailed on theside of plai^ and slanted out a little at the top; fit in the ends and spikesecurely. Then cut two-foot boards 20inches long to stand upright in ends oftrough, and two 8-inch boards same SevenfySeven HOGOLOGY length as trough placed in V shapeover trough and nailed to end boardswith upper outside edge at upper cor-ners of end upright boards and bottomof V about 6 inches apart. Thencut from 6-inch fencing pieces to nailto outside of V and notched to seton edge of trough 7 inche
. Hogology. r feeding and slopping pigs I usea flat bottom trough made of a footplank, for the bottom 2x6 nailed on theside of plai^ and slanted out a little at the top; fit in the ends and spikesecurely. Then cut two-foot boards 20inches long to stand upright in ends oftrough, and two 8-inch boards same SevenfySeven HOGOLOGY length as trough placed in V shapeover trough and nailed to end boardswith upper outside edge at upper cor-ners of end upright boards and bottomof V about 6 inches apart. Thencut from 6-inch fencing pieces to nailto outside of V and notched to seton edge of trough 7 inches gives each pig a fair chance and I find I have many less runts than anyother plan I have seen. I have two ofthese troughs 20 feet long and that willaccommodate 100 pigs. I place a coupleof boards to walk on across the top ofthese feeders and do not need to scrapwith the pigs, as I can put the slop introughs anywhere through these Vshaped boards the length of the trough. A Water Boiler Hog Trough. A first-class hog trough can bemade from hot water boilers (asshown by the sketch below) whichoften crack from some cause, and areof no value to the junk man. Whencut in two pieces, you have twosplendid hog troughs. If there is nodiscarded boiler on your place, go tothe junk man—they can be boughtfor fifty cents.
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