The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1914-04-10
prepared by the United States Depart

| prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
The accompany cut. showing a port
able Ashaped 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 feet wide ami 6
feet from front to back. and is nailed
to three runners or skids. The skids
may be made of lumber or poles about
8 inches in diameter and fiattened 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 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 8 feet
long, nailed to a piece of by lying
fiat about inches from the top of the
plank, another about 31a feet from
the top. and a piece of 2 by nailed
edgewise about IL inches from the
bottom. This should be braced at each
end of the underside by a right-angie
block of by inch material nailed to
the rail and to the side of the house.
| The long piece Of 2 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 l 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 thu
sides held together by mailing 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 a storm. A sad
die board made by mailing two pieces
OF l 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 precaution which
will justify the trouble required, as it
may save litter of pigs from being
crushed in case of a storm. Such
house can be constructed without the
"take-down" feature, and by securely
mailing 1t 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 Pinch by 16
feet for sides, back and floor of house
Nine pieces 16-feet batten.
Three pieces by 4inch by ~ feet
for framework.
Two pieces 2 by S-inch by II feet for
pig rail or guard.
One piece l by 6-inch by l6 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 a house
can usually be secured for about $l2
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 house as has Just been
described, he should get whe tever ma
terial is available on the farm and
build a shelter for his hogs It can
be made out of waste planks, for any
shelter that will protect the hogs
from cold winds and rain and give
them a dry bed, at the same time per.
hitting the sun to shine in during a
portion of the day. viii 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 by 6-inch material
around these about three feet from
the ground; upon these few light
poles may be put eross-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 OF. This will fur
nish shade during the greater part Of
the day. No shelter should be built