1871.] 



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ING Hogs, which he verily believes has not been 

 known or used prior to tlie invention thereof by your 

 petitioner. He therefore prays that Letters Patent of 

 the United States may be granted to him therefor, 

 vesting in him and his legal representatives the ex- 

 clusive right to the same, upon the terms and condi- 

 tions expressed in the Act of Congress in that case 

 made and provided ; he having paid Fifteen Dollars 

 into the Treasury, and otherwise complied with the 

 requirements of said Act. And he hereby authorizes 

 Heugh W. Beadle, of Washington, D. C, or his asso- 

 ciate, to act as his attorney in presenting the applica- 

 tion, and in making all such alterations and amend- 

 ments as may be required, John Smith. 



SPECIFICA.TION. 



To all whom it man concern: Be it known, that I, 

 John Smith, of Smithtown, in the county of Winne- 

 bago, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and 

 improved Method of Feeding Hogs, and I do hereby 

 declare that the following is a full and exact descrip- 

 tion of the same, reference being had to the accom- 

 panying drawings and to the letters of reference 

 marked thereon. 



This invention relates to an improved method of 

 feeding swine and other pachydermata, and consists 

 mainly in so suspending the animal to be fed, that 

 the sustenance which it takes is compelled to ascend 

 iu an upward direction, by which means the latter 



JOHN smith's method OF FEEDINa PIGS. — Fig. 1. 



becomes thoroughly digested, and thus imparts all 

 its nutritious qualities to the animal, as will be fully 

 described hereinafter. In the drawin!j:s — 



Fig. 1 represent a simple arrangement of pulleys 

 and rope attached to a dwellinir, for the purpose of 

 elevating swine for feeding according to my improved 



method — a portion of the side of the pig apartment 

 being broken away, in order to give a full view of the 

 suspended animal. 



Fig. 2 represents a modification of the above ar- 

 rangement. 



Fif/s. 3 and 4 represent views of parts detached. 



Fig. 5 represents an animal fattened iu the ordinary 

 manner. 



Fig. 6 represents one fattened by ray improved 

 method of feeding. 



To enable others skilled in the art to which my in- 

 vention appertains to make and use the same, I will 

 now proceed to describe fully my improved method, 

 with the appliances for carrying it into elfect. 



It is a well-known fact that indigestion, with all its 

 attendant horrors, is almost invariably produced by a 

 habit of bolting the food while eating, witliont masti- 

 cating it. It is believed that this dreadful disease is 

 not confined to bipeds alone, but that quadrupeds, 

 especially those of the pachydermata order, are also 

 more or less ati'ected in this way from a similar cause. 

 Were the inconveniences and annoyances to which 

 the animal is subjected when thus afflicted the only 

 result produced, the want of a remedy would never 

 have been felt, but when it is known that such a con- 

 dition is most unfavorable, if not absolutely fatal, to 

 the agglomeration of adipose matter, the value of this 

 invention will be at once perceived. 



The design of this invention then is to cause the 

 food taken by the animal to pass slowly through the 

 intestines, in order that its nutritious qualities may 

 all be thoroughly extracted during its passage. Swine 

 usually take their nourishment with their fore limbs 

 placed in the food receptacle. In this position it will 

 be at once perceived that the body is inclined in a 

 downward direction from front to rear, and the nour- 

 ishment taken naturally flows rapidly, by the force of 

 gravitation, into the stomach, without giving out 



nourishment upon the way. Further the fore feet of 

 the animal become immersed in the food, which ad- 

 heres thereto, and is lost, no nutriment being ab- 

 sorbed through the feet. 



In fig. 1, A represents a pulley securely attached to 

 beam A. B represents a rope of suitable strength, 

 which passinir over fixed ])ulley A and through loose 

 pulley a, is securely attached at one cud to the hog's 

 tail c, (which latter is rigidly secured to the bodyC,) 



