American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-03-12

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 l by IL inch plank, with cracks
covered with batten. 1t is open in
front and should be placed facing the
south. The floor is s 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
6 inches in diameter and fattened on
one side, to which the floor is nailed.
A large hole can be bored through the
front end of the outer skids so that a
chain can be fastened to them to IA
cilitate moving the house by the use
of a team. A piece of 2 by 4 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 1 by IL inch plank s feet
long, nailed to a piece of 2 by 4 lying
fiat about 9 inches from the top of the
plank. another about 81 feet from
the top, and a piece of 2 by 8 nailed
edgewise about IL inches from the
bottom. This should be braced at each
end of the underside by a right-angle
block of 2 by 8 inch material nailed to
the rail and to the side of the house.
The long piece of 2 by s 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 l by 1h-inch ma
terial ~lengthwise on the inner side of
each side of the house. The house is
then set up" on the ioor n the
sides held together by mailing a short
piece of 1 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 a storm. A sad
die board made by mailing two pieces
of 1 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. II
the house is located in an open field,
where there is danger of heavy winds,
a guy wire should be securely fast
ened to a 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 in case of a 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 l by 12-inch by 16
feet for sides, back and floor of house,
Nine pieces 16-feet batten.
Three pieces 2 by 4-inch by II feet
for framework.
Two pieces 2 by S-inch by IL feet fol-
pig rail or guard.
One piece l by 6-inch by 16 feet for
saddle board.
Three poles for skids'
Nails.
Total, 272 board feet Of lumber. IA
linear feet of batten. three poles ano
the nails. AS rough lumber suitable
for the construction of such a house
can usually be secured for about 81
per 1000 in the south, the materia
will cost about five dollars. This type
of house is suitable for practically al
parts of the south, as no extremely
cold weather is experienced and thu
open front permits sunshine to entei
the house for several hours each day
In case a boy cannot obtain materia
to build such a house as has just beef
described, he should get whatever ma
terial is available on the farm ant
build a shelter for his hogs. II cal
be made out of waste planks, for an,
shelter that will protect the hog
from cold winds and rain and Civ
them a dry bed, at the same time per
hitting the sun to shine in during
portion of the day, will be quite an i'm
provement over conditions existing o.
so many farms &C present.
A shelter to be used during the sun
mer months may be made by settin.
four poles or posts into the ground an
securely mailing 2 by 6-inch materia
round these about three feet fror
the ground; upon these a few ligh
poles may be put cross-wise and stray
or coarse hay piled on top. The stray
should be piled higher in the middl
than at the edges and smoothed dow.
so the rain will run of. This will fun
nish shade during the greater part c
the day. No shelter should be bull