The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
For use of many of the pig clubs OF
the South, as well as southern farm
ers, the portable hog house described
In United States Department Of Agrl-
culture Farmers Bulletin No. 800 al
fords a practical working plan. 1t
may not be practical or feasible for
member of a pig club or farmer to
build house just as it is described
below, but the following plan has
proved to be a good one. Often more
or less of the house can be made from
waste planks or boards found about
the farm.
1t is a portable house built OF one
by twelve-inch plank with the cracks
covered with batten. 1t Is open at the
front and should be placed facing the
south. The floor is eight feet wide
and six feet from back to front, and
Is nailed to three runners or skids.
The skids may be made OF lumber or
poles about six inches In diameter
and fiattened on one side to which the
floor is nailed. To facilitate the NOV
ing of the house by use OF team,
a large hole is bored through the front
end of the outer skids, so that
chain may be fastened to them. A
piece of two by four material is nailed
on the outer edges of the top of the
floor to prevent the house from spread
ing at the bottom.
Each side of the house is made of
6 pieces of 1 by II inch plank 8
feet long, nailed to piece of by
living fiat about 8 inches from the top
,of the plank, another about 81 feet
from the top, and a piece of 2 by 8
mailed edgewise about IL inches from
the bottom. This should be braced
at each end of the underside by
Tight-angle block Of 2 by 8 inch ma
terial nailed to the rail and to the
side Of the house. The long piece or
2 by will act as guard under which
the young pigs may take shelter whea
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 Ia inch
material 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 l by inch plank across the
front and back of the house about
IL feet below the top. This
will prevent it from being blown down
by the wind or storm. A saddle
board made by mailing two pieces of
1 by 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 removing 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 fastened in each side of the
house near the top and fastened to a
stake driven deep into the ground.
This is a precaution which will justify
the trouble required, SO it may save
a litter of pigs from being crushed
In case of a storm. Such house can
be constructed without the take
down" feature, and by securely nail
ing 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 necessary to build this
house is as follows:
Thirteen pieces l by II inch by 16
feet for sides, back and floor of house;
nine pieces 16-foot batten; three 2 by
4 inch by IL feet for framework; two
pieces 2 by inch by IL feet for pig
rail or guard; one piece by inch
by &c feet for saddle board; three
poles for skids; nails.
Total, 272 board feet of lumber IA