SWINE RAISING IN HAWAII 
jump a 5-foot fence. Swine are usually more contented in large or 
temporary inclosures than in small yards, and when thus confined 
need not be fenced so thoroughly. 
At the Haiku substation a heavy woven wire hog fence, 36 inches 
high on level ground without base or top boards has given entire 
satisfaction for inclosing temporary hog pastures. Such fencing 
must be very tightly stretched at the anchor posts, which are firmly 
set from 12 feet to a rod apart. It may be of advantage to plow a 
straight furrow along the proposed fence line to permit of setting 
the wire netting several inches in the ground. The height of the 
fence above ground is lowered when this is done and the fencing 
should be topped with a strand or two of barbed wire. To be ef- 
fective, the wire should be 
double barbed and the 
barbs should be close 
spaced. 
Hog gates can not be too 
strongly built. Those in 
use at the Haiku substa- 
tion have withstood heavy 
strain for five years. Made 
of rough Douglas fir 
boards of 1 by 6 inch stuff, 
these gates are of two sizes, 
4 and 8 feet wide by 4 feet 
high. Five pieces, spaced 
4 inches apart, constitute 
the horizontal plane giving 
a height of 48 inches, al- 
lowing a clearance at the 
bottom of 2 inches. The 
horizontal pieces are fas- 
tened together at the ends 
by a piece. 1 by 6 inches, on 
either side, with diagonal 
pieces additional to give 
rigidity. Each lap of the 
frame is fastened with one 
or two three-eighths inch carriage bolts in addition to nails, and heavy 
hook hinges are used in preference to strap hinges. The hook of the 
top hinge is placed in an inverted position so as to make it impossible 
for the hogs to lift the gate off its hinges. The best and cheapest latch 
in use at the Haiku substation is a 1 by 4 inch strip, 3 feet long, 
dressed to fit snugly in the space lying between the second and third 
from the top horizontal gate boards. A round peg, 1^ inches in diam- 
eter, is placed in this latch at the center for convenience in opening 
the gate, and a hole, 1 by 4 inches, passes through the fence post to 
receive the latch when the gate is closed. 
OTHER EQUIPMENT. 
Xearl}' all modern swine plants are equipped with dipping vats, 
rubbing posts, hog wallows, self-feeders and pig creeps, feeding 
racks, breeding and loading crates, and the like. 
Fig 
-Pride of India tree. A satisfactory shade 
tree for hog paddocks. Not injured by hogs. 
