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The James Sanitary Hog Pen 



The James Sanitary Steel Hog Pen helps prevent disease because of the 

 cleanliness made possible through its use; it aids the little pigs in their develop- 

 ment by affording light and ventilation; making them marketable at the earliest 

 possible date; cuts down labor bills, both in feeding the pigs and in cleaning 

 the barn; it is permanent, the first cost being the only cost. It is pleasing in 

 appearance and a source of lifetime satisfaction to the purchaser. 



The biggest advantage in the James steel hog pen is that it permits of 

 sanitary conditions in the barn. There is but one way in which the hog cholera 

 germs, for example, can be done away with and that is by maintaining a clean 

 hog house. James pens permit plenty of sunlight and fresh air to enter. The 

 pens can be much more easily and effectively fumigated than wood and this 

 is a big item to be taken into consideration especially among those hog raisers 

 who disinfect their barns almost daily. 



James steel hog pens can be more easily and quickly cleaned than wood 

 pens; they are always drier than the wooden pens because the sunlight has 

 access to every square foot of floor space, and because the steel pen interferes 

 least with proper circulation of air. 



It is a noticeable fact that in a steel equipped hog barn the hogs seem much 

 more contented than ordinarily because of their ability to see about. It is also 

 possible for the attendant to see into every pen from any part of the barn. 



James hog pens are constructed throughout of pipe, thoroughly cleaned 

 and finished in enamel baked on, the same as other James equipment. 



The hog pens are shipped assembled in panels. To erect the pens it is 

 necessary only to set the corner and gate posts in the tubular anchors (which 

 will have previously been set in the concrete), bolt on the panels, and pour 

 in cement around the gate and corner posts; when this cement is set the pen 

 will be solid. 



The great amount of labor saved in the erection by using James assembled 

 panels, is a big item. Figure the labor required to build a wooden pen and 

 you will find that it goes a long ways towards paying for the steel pen. 



James steel pens are exceedingly durable, the first cost being the only 

 cost, whereas wooden pens rot out in time necessitating the replacing of the 

 entire outfit, and in the end costing more than the steel. 



Where the James steel pens are used the dividing panels can be swung 

 up, out of the way, throwing two or three pens into one for feeding purposes. 



James hog pens are built any size required. The average farrowing pen 

 should be 8 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. 6 in. The size of the pens, of course, will vary 

 with the personal preference of the purchaser, but the above size is looked 

 upon as standard. 



