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and at the other, when the animal is suspended, to 

 the cleat d. If the animal is of the curly-tailed breed, 

 it will be sufficient simply to 

 hook into a curl of the tail, as 

 is shown in fi^. 4, but if straight- 

 tailed, it will be necessary to 

 effect a union by tieingr, as 

 shown in fiiis. 1 and 3. D rep- 

 resents a patent trouffh. In 

 the modified arrangement, as 

 shown in fig 2. E represents a 

 standard provided with the arm 

 Fig. 3. E'. F represents a rope pass- 

 ing over pulleys/,/, to windlass H. I represents a 

 trough of ordinary construction. It will be observed 

 that in fig. 1 the animal is shown in combination 

 with a patented trough, and in fig. 2 with a trough 

 of the ordinary construction. The result in either 

 combination is equally good. It should be here stated, 

 that by ray improved process and devices, indigestion 

 in hogs is prevented in another way. This disease 

 arises mainly from over-eating, but a hog suspended 

 as shown, will find, as the weight of the food is added 

 to his own weight and all suspended from the tail, 

 that his position will become somewhat painful, and 

 he will be disposed to cease eating before he has 

 quite surfeited himself, which is in exact accordance 

 with strict hygienic precepts. Moreover, it is more 

 cleanly, as no hog can "slobber" in this position. 



The beneficial results produced by this improved 

 method are shown in Figs. 5 and 6 ; the former repre- 

 sents an animal fattened in the ordinary manner, and 

 the latter, one fattened by my improved method. A 

 great diflerence will readily be observed, I generally 

 prefer to use liquid nourishment in feeding by ray 

 method, but solid food can be used if desired, with- 

 out departing from the spirit of my invention. It is 

 therefore obvious that any one provided with my im- 

 proved apparatus, if the pulleys and their attach- 

 ments are sufficiently strong, and the tail does not 

 pull out, will be able to " Raise Hogs." 



I am aware that a patent was granted to John 

 Jones, February 81, 18.58, for feeding swine in an in- 

 clined position, and therefore I do not claim broadly 

 all hogs, 2^er se, or the idea of feeding hogs, or the 

 process of mastication and digestion, all these being 

 old, but what I do claim, and desire to secure by Let- 

 ters Patent is : 



1st. A pachyderm, when suspended in a vertical 

 position, substantially as and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



2d* The pachyderm's tail c in combination with the 

 rope B, whether tied or hooked, substantially as and 

 for the pnrjiose set forth. 



5d. The pachyderm C, provided with the tail c at- 



Fig, 5. 



tached as shown, in combination with rope B, pulleys 

 A, a, beam A' and cleat d, as and for the purpose de- 

 scribed. 



4th. The pachyderm C in combination with the 

 trough D, as shown and described. 



5th. The pachyderm C in combination with the 

 trough I, as shown and described. 



6th. I claim also, as the product of my improved 



Fig. 6. 

 method, the pachyderm X, as shown in Fig. 6. 



This Specification, signed and witnessed this 31st 

 day of April, 1868. Inventor, 



John Smith. 

 Witnesses : 



Andrew Amington, 

 Burton Bakek. 



State of Illinois, ) 

 County of Winnebago, ) ^^' * 



On the 31st day of April, 1868, before the sub- 

 scriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, 

 personally appeared the within named John Smith, 

 and made solemn oath that he verily believes himself 

 to be the original and first inventor of the within de- 

 scribed Improved Method of Feeding Hogs, and that 

 he does not know or believe that the same was ever 

 before knoM-n or used, and that he is a citizen of the 

 United States. 



Henry Howard, 



Justice of the Peace. 



OFFICIAL LETTER. 



U. S. Patent Office, 



Washington, D. C. 



June 31, 1868. 

 John Smith, Esq., 



Care of H. W. Beadle & Co., 

 Solicitors of Patents, 

 Washington, D. C. 

 Please find below, a communication from The Ex- 

 aminer in the matter of your application for patent 

 for Feeding Hogs, filed May 33d, 1868. 



Very respectfully, 



Benj. Brown, 



Commissioner , 



Examiner's Room, No. 2114. 



Your application has been examined, and the first 

 clause of the claim found wanting in patentable nov- 

 elty. A substantial anticipation is shown in a hog 

 suspended by his hind feet in a butcher's stall, for 

 this is certainly a pachyderm in a vertical position. 



If this clause is erased, the other clauses may re- 

 ceive favorable consideration. 



A. Captious, 



Examiner. 



Amendment in the Matter of John Smith's Ap- 

 plication for Patent. 

 To the Commissioner of Patents : 



Sir : — In the matter of my application for patent 

 for " Improved Method of Feeding Hogs," filed May 



