The Caldwell tribune., 1920-07-23
GOOD-HOC HOUSE
IS PROFITABLE
Hog RaIsers Everywhere Now
Recognize This Fact.
SAVES The LITTLE PIGS
Modern Wsathsr-Tight Home for
Cows Permits Two lItters q Year
Instead Of one-Good Type
illustrated.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRD.

BY WILLIAM A. RADFORO.
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ne readers Of this paper. On account Of
his wide experience as Editor. Author and
Henufacturer. he 10. without doubt. the
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad.
3ord No. 1897 Prairie avenue Chicago.
uI., and only inclose two-cent stamp for
Hog raisers everywhere are rapidly
recognizing the modern, weather-tight
hoghouse as a most profitable invest
ment. Where the sows are properly
housed they respond with two litters
Of pigs q year instead Of one the pigs
are marketable at the time when
prices are highest, and a greater per-
centage Of each litter is brought to
maturity.
The advantage Of having the sows
farrow In the late winter are well
known to every hog raiser. But to
have the pigs come along while the
weather 10 yet cold is Improbable un-
less the mother and young pigs have
a house that will keep them warm. dry
and healthy. Modern hoghouses are
designed and built to give the sow and
her pigs just such q home.
Herewith is illustrated such q hog
house. It Is a frame building set on
q concrete foundation and has a ce-
ment floor. This building is "a feet
wide and AZ feet long and has pens
for ten sows and their pigs.
The peculiar shape of the roof
makes possible aswarm sunny interior.
The house is set SO that 1t extends
east and west and faces the south.
This position gives the windows the
benefits Of the late winter sun, light
entering the lower windows falling on
one row Of pens and on the other from
the windows in the roof. The multi
plicity Of windows also permits good
ventilation, which is another necessity
In a hoghouse. The young pigs are
warmed by the heat from the mothers
and the sunlight. The heat from the
sows. however, is moist and unless
ventilation Is provided the house will
be damp and chill.
The interior arrangement of this
hoghouse Is shown by the accompany
ing floor plan. Through the center of
the building runs a feeding alley, with
the pens on either side. Doors at both
ends permit free access to the build
ing, either for taking feed to the hogs
or for removing litter. Each pen is
6 feet 6 inches wide and s feet 6
inches deep. The cement floor is COW
cred by board floor, slightly raised
from the concrete, for a distance
Of five feet from each wall. This
board floor. covered with bedding pro-
vides a dry place for the mother and
pigs. Despite the general impression
that hogs are filthy animals, they are
not and will keep the board floor clean
and dry,
In the plan shown, the pens along
the south side of the building are con-
nected with outdoor runs. making the
house usable in summer as well as
winter. The doors of the pens are so
placed as to provide direct runs to
each Of the yards.
This sort Of modern hoghouse will
enable hog owners to double the num-
Der Of pigs usually raised, and will
make hog raising more profitable. The
cost Of the building Is low, but the in
crease in receipts from the drove are
great.
While 1t may be little early to be
gin now to construct farm buildings
that will not be needed until next
winter, It Is wise plan under present
conditions to make arrangements for
any contemplated building as far In
advance Of construction as possible.
everywhere are busy and
dealers must p'ace their or
derS with manufacturers severuA
months in advance. This hoghOuse
can be built in the late fall or early
winter. so long as the concrete floor is
laid before frost comes. The balance
of the building Is of lumber and can
be erected at any time.
Nothing raised on the farm is more
profitable than hogs. These animals
bring high prices, the demand CON
stantly is growing and with propC/
housing and care a maximum number
Of young pigs can be brought to ma
turity. Health is the prime essential
that makes for profitable hog raising
and to be healthy, hogs must be kept
in clean and sanitary quarters.
A hoghouse with a cement floor is
easy to clean. Where water under
pressure is available the cement floort
can be washed and the litter that il
not gathered up by the fork carried
out. Sunshine helps great deal in
preventing diseases, the suns rays be-
ing a germ killer. The double row of
windows admits sunshine to every
part Of the hoghOuse illustrated.
Modern farm buildings Of all kinds
are helping to solve the labor-shortage
problem that confronts farmers every
where. Modern buildings, equipped
with modern, labor-saving devices for
doing the work necessary to give the