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hogs and I suggested a concrete platform, as I 

 believed it would cost no more than a two-inch 

 plank platform. The outcome was that a con- 

 crete platform was made, the renter drawing 

 tha material and working with the expert. 

 When through, the cost was found to he no 

 more than it would have been to put down a 

 two-inch plank platform instead of the four-inch 

 concrete feeding floor. A trench was dug eight- 

 een inches deep around the sides and a two by 

 six laid in the bottom of the trench and cement 

 put on top. This was done to prevent the hogs 

 getting at the edge of the wall. This platform 

 is sound after three years' service, I sold this 

 neighbor cement at cost, which was 40c per bar- 

 rel below the retail price, which of course 

 helped to keep the cost down to the cost of 

 lumber. 



