Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-19

A Portable A-shaped Hog House, Wit
prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
The accompany cut, showing a port
able A-shaped hog house, with chain
and singletree for hauling, can be
built very easily and cheaply, states
farmers bulletin 566. 1t is construct
ed of 1 by IL inch plank, with cracks
covered with batten. 1t is open in
front and should be placed facing the
south. The floor is feet wide and 6
feet from front to back, and is nailed
to three runners or skids. The skids
may be made of lumber or poles about
Z inches in diameter and flattened on
one side, to which the floor is nailed
A large hole can be bored through the
chain can be fastened to them to IA
cilitate moving the house by the use
of team. A piece of by inch
material is nailed on the outer edges
of the top Of floor to prevent the
house from spreading at the bottom.
Each side of the house is made of
SIX pieces of by IL inch plank feet
long, nailed to piece of by lying
Hat about inches from the top of the
plank, another about 31a feet from
the top, and piece of 2 by nailed
edgewise about II inches from the
bottom. This should be braced at each
end of the underside by right-angle
block of 2 by inch material nailed to
the rail and to the side of the house.
The long piece of by will act as a
guard under which the young pigs
may take shelter when the sow lies
down. This will save many pigs from
being crushed to death
The back of the house fits between
the two sides in a groove made by
mailing two pieces of by ] " inch ma
terial lengthwise on the inner side Of
each side Of The house. The house is
then set up On the floor and the
sides held together by mailing a short
piece of | by 6-inch plank across the
front and back Of the house about
one and one-half feet below the top.
This will prevent it from being blown
down by the wind or storm. A sad
die board made by mailing two pieces
of by 6-inch plank together can then
be put over the ridge of the house to
keep out rain
{ A house built thus can be moved on
the skids or can be taken down by re-
moving the l by 6-inch brace from the
front and the back of the house. If
the house is located in an open field,
where there is danger of heavy winds,
a guy wire should be securely fast
ened to stake driven deep into the
ground. This is a precaution which
will justify the trouble required, as it
may save a litter of pigs from being
crushed iii case of storm. Such a
house can be constructed without the
'take-down" feature, and by securely
mailing it will not need the guy wire.
Some dirt may be thrown up at the
front of the house to the level of the
floor SO that young pigs may enter
without trouble. The material neces-
sary to build this house is as follows:
Thirteen pieces by Pinch by 16
feet for sides, back and floor of house.
Nine pieces 16-feet batten.
Three pieces by 4-inch by IL feet
for framework
Two pieces 2 by 8-inch by IL feet for
pig rail or guard.
One piece / by 6-inch by 16 feet for
saddle board.
Three poles for skids.
Nails.
Total. 272 board feet Of lumber. 144
linear feet of batten, three poles and
the nails. AS rough lumber suitable
for the construction of such house
can usually be secured for about $12
per 1000 in the south, the material
will cost about five dollars. This type
of house is suitable for practically all
parts of the south, as no extremely
cold weather is experienced and the
open front permits sunshine to enter
the house for several hours each day.
In case boy cannot obtain material
to build such a house as has just been
described, he should get whatever ma
terial is available on the farm and
Dullu SueileT LOT HIS uOSS. IL can
be made out of waste planks, for any
shelter that will protect the hogs
from cold winds and rain and give
them dry bed, at the same time per
hitting the sun to shine in during a
portion of the day, will be quite an i'm
provement over conditions existing on
so many farms &c present.
A. shelter to be used during the sum-
mer months may be made by setting
four poles or posts into the ground and
securely mailing 2 by 6-inch material
around these about three feet from
the ground; npon these a few light
poles may be put cross-wise and straw
or coarse hay piled on top. The straw
should be piled higher in tie middle
than at the edges and smoothed down
so the rain will run off This will fur
nish shade during the greater part OF
the day No SHELTER should be built