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FORTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE OF A PRACTICAL HOG MAN 



made of lumber and well painted and each should be numbered. 

 A plat of the farm proper should also be made by a surveyor and 

 each field numbered, so that a regular record can be kept of what 

 each field produced and what its crop rotation should be each year. 

 All convenient utensils should be kept on every swine breeding 

 farm such as mixing vat, steam boiler or water heater, good well 

 made galvanized pails and dippers, a set of scales in the feed house 

 or some other convenient barn where pigs and feed for them can be 

 weighed, so that one could keep his feed account and know how 

 much feed he was giving each different lot of pigs or hogs. Water 

 should be in every feed house, either pumped directly with windmill 

 or engine or from a compressed air water system. A low down 

 wagon should be had, with the bottom not over 12 or 14 inches above 

 the ground large enough to hold three to five barrels, or in lieu of 

 this a galvanized tank made to set on the wagonT'with about 4 com- 

 partments holding a barrel or more each, with covers strongly 

 hinged with iron hinges to cover openings, so there would be no 

 slopping from the tank when hauled from yard to yard or from 

 field to field. Feed house should be so arranged that this wagon 

 could be driven into it, where feed and water could be mixed 

 and where the steam could be turned into the feed in cold weather 

 if desired. 



If a central hog house is used a system of ventilation should be 

 arranged so that the walls would not be covered with dampness or 

 ice during cold weather. 



A chute for loading pigs into wagon or into crates set on a 

 platform wagon should be made and set on a pair of wheels, so 

 that it would almost balance and could be wheeled from one place 

 to another, a picture of which is shown herewith. 



Chute for Loading Hogs Into Wagon or Crate 



