Show ANIMALS PREFER STEPS I Your livestock will be Jess apt to hurt themselves If it your inclines in clines dines and loading chutes chute are built with steps The advice come from County Agent Paul Grimshaw Mr Grimshaw says the steps step should be about two and three quarters inches high and an 1 sixteen six teen Inches deep for tor cattle For hogs the steps should be two and one quarter Inches high and twelve Inches deep The steps should be laid to a slight slope t for r drainage Mr explains that animals will wU walk up and down these steps with much less slipping slip sUp ping and exertion than If 11 the he older type of Incline with Incline with cleats were used So for safer animal handling build your inclines and loading chutes with shallow steps instead in tn stead of cleats |