Show 1 V TE POUR COOL WATER ON HEAD OF HOG icy liquid on animals body will do much harm I 1 when a hog gets oyer overheated heated pour cool cobl water on his head but not on his body warns J W het extension specialist in animal husbandry at ohio state university pouring water on tho the body 0 of the hog bog Is for some reason very likely to kill him says wul aul chet pouring water on his head bead cools him off and helps him hogs clogs should bo be protected from any necessity for or violent exercise during hot weather says there should be no reason why they should be compelled to run about or even to move more than necessary they should have plenty of shade and cool water available at all times the hog bog has very little natural protection from the sun and consequently some artIf artificial lelal protection must be provided says the specialist natural shade probably Is best but it Is not always available in the hog lot where it Is available a covering about four feet from the ground and open on all four sides will usually prove satisfactory in some localities it may be advisable to give additional protection on the side in the direction of the prevailing storms the shelter need not be elaborate almost any sort or of open boben framework over which straw fodder or si similar nillar neater material lal Is placed will suffice many hog men use a wallow as an additional protection against overheating it if properly constructed and handled the wallow is a great aid there Is one possible objection to its use for the man who is shipping hogs bogs in the summer time the hogs bogs which are arc accustomed to the wallow will suffer more severely when they are loaded in cars for shipment and the loss from this course will be greater than if the ibe hogs bogs had bad been injured to hot weather |