Louden Tubular Steel Hog Pens — Fig. 1167 



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Fig. 1167 — Hog Pen With Swinging Section and Concrete Trough 



Specifications 



Size of Tubing. Corner posts, top and bottom rails, 

 frame of swinging panel, gate posts, guard rails, and uprights 

 to which guard rails are clamped, are made of \ ■' ^" O. D. 

 steel tubing. Fillers are made of 1 ^t-" O. D. steel tubing. 



Length of Tubing. The height of the panel above 

 the floor is 3'10". Fillers for main panel are 3 feet long. 

 Fillers for swinging panel are 2'6" long. Corner posts are 

 4'4" long, and should be set 5" in the concrete. 



Size of Gate. The standard size of gate is 3'4" high 



over all, by I'll" wide over all. The gate opening is 2'6" 

 wide, center to center of gate posts. 



Connections. The top rails are connected to the corner 

 posts by corner couplings. They are connected to the gate 

 posts by interlocking dust-proof couplings. (Fig. 933, page 

 77.) The fillers are spaced 2^ ■>• 3. 3' 2. or 4 inches apart on 

 center. a£ ordered, and are connected to top and bottom 

 rails by grip clamps. Price of panel varies according to 

 spacing of fillers. 



There is a rapidly growing demand for the Louden Tubular Steel Hog Pens. Farmers are learning that 

 to make hogs profitable they must — like cows — be kept clean and made comfortable. The question 

 is whether the hog will have to spend his energy in fighting filth and disease, or, by proper treatment, be 

 free to devote it to the production of fat which the world wants and for which it is willing to pay a good 

 price. 



A hog to be profitable must be a fat producer, as a profitable cow must be a milk producer. The 

 greater fat producer a hog becomes the more tender he will be, the more liable to contract disease and 

 the more care and attention will he require. The "Razor Back" was a healthy hog and needed little 

 or no care, but there was no profit in him. This is generally the case with things which do not require 

 care. They do not increase the bank account. s 



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