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sloping roof to crush her pigs as against a wall. A general mistake is 

 made in fastening this form of cot permanently to the skids, or run- 

 ners, on which it is built. These are the first to decay and along with 

 them the lower ends of the boards, thus making repairs impossible even 

 though the balance of the structure remains sound. A separate pair 

 of skids should be constructed for this or any other form of cot so that 

 they can be replaced. Its own weight will hold the cot in place on the 

 skids while being moved. 



Fig. 45. 



Fig. 46 shows a form of hog cot, six by eight feet, with perpendicular 

 sides and a flat though slightly sloping roof. This form of cot is made 

 in five separate pieces, the four sides and top, so constructed as to bolt 

 together at the four corners. This form of cot is warm in winter and 

 too warm in summer with its flat top exposed to the sun's rays, and 

 though it may be planned so that the top can be raised in summer, 

 there is trouble from the wind occasionally unroofing it. It is also 

 objectionable in that the sections are too heavy for one man to move 

 and as a result it is not moved as frequently as hog cots should be. 

 All cots should be furnished with skids so that they can be moved fre- 

 quently by a team and one man and not taken to pieces and moved in 

 sections. 



Figure 47 represents a form of cot recently designed and constructed 

 and now in use in our hog lots. It is six by eight feet at the foundation 



