Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-13

operation, and is a very wonderful
one, too. A folding machine
which, by the way, is the biggest Of
Its kind in the state-is now doing
the labor which was formerly done
i by hand. 1t is here that the i'm.
provement of the rims has been
made since the first of the year. The
galvanized steel for the trough is
now cut large enough for the outer
edges to be folded over and under
forming a substantial rim and all
made without the use of rivets
Formerly a rim was riveted onto the
galvanized trough and the work took
long time.
A riveting machine is one of the
improvements soon to be added to
the factory and much hand labor
will thus be saved. Instead of paint
ing the framework by hand as in
former days, the plan is now chang
ed and dozens of the steel pieces to
form the framework, are dumped in
to barrel of paint and fished out
with a hook, to dry, another labor
saving scheme.
The biggest thing and the best
is, however, "yet to come" That is
the Monarch self feeder, for which
la patent is now pending and which
will be on the market inside of sixty
days. This, according to its en-
thusiastic promoters, will take the
gloss off every feeder now upon the
market, for the new feeder runs the
hog feed problem in sanitary cafe
teria style. In other words, each
hog will help himself and will only
obtain just the amount he will eat,
as we'll as only be able to eat the
amount he will obtain. The rule
works both ways.
A hopper containing the feed
or rather row of hoppers above the
feeding trough, contain the different
kinds of feed. The hog approaches
the cafeteria counter behind which
are the containers full of feed; he
roots about in the trough and the
action moves the small galvanized
valves or whatever they may be call
ed, and lets down a small amount
of that feed. 1t may be corn, or
chopped feed, or any of the various
feeds now given to hogs. At any rate
he patronizes the cafeteria until he
is filled up and reports from many
state colleges, including the one at
Ames. certify that the self-fed hog
shows the greatest gain. Contrary
to popular opinion that hog may
eat forever. as, long as you give him
feed, comes the newer theory now
put into practice, that hog. by his
own efforts at obtaining feed, will
eat just the proper amount and no
more.
Various feeders are now on the
market, but not embodying all the
favorable points the new invention
will embody.
The Monarch factory also manu-
features chicken troughs, for indi-
vidual feeding and uses the left over
lengths of ganvanized steel for in
dividual hog troughs. There is no
waste therefore, and every scrap of
material is utilized.
The company now has their own
permanent Office in st. Paul with
r. E. Herald in charge. They have
a permanent Office in Chicago with
two statesmen in the office. Another
Office is in Sioux City with one sales
man and still another in Omaha. All
these offices are located in the stock
yards and all offices but the one in
st. Paul, have been placed since the
first of the, year. During the next
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established in Kansas City, St. Joe
and East st. Louis, Mo. There are
now 25 statesmen in various parts of
the Mississippi Valley and this num-
ber will be increased. They are now
shipping troughs as far west as Mon
tana. They are supplying Minnesota,
Wisconsin, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Missouri and Kansas as well as Iowa.
Iowa is the hog state and will soon
be known as the hog trough state
as well.
The young industry is one Of the
most promising that has ever had its
birth here and with such enthusiasm
and energy back Of it, will no doubt
reach the high mark its supporters
have set for it. The two hog trough
factorids-the Mccullough Hog
Trough factory and Monarch. are
both located here and there Is room
for both. A lengthy write-up Of the