| Show COMFORT OF HOG HOC MOST DESIRABLE Well-Made Well I Sanitary Wallow Is Like Coney Island Bathing Beach for Porkers CONCRETE TYPE IS POPULAR Grower Faces Face Two T Temperature Extreme Extremes Ex Ex- In Many of Producing Pork-Producing States States Many Many Farmers Neglect Proper Shelter Prepared by the United States Department Depart Depart- p 1 ment of or Agriculture 2 It Is as liS natural for or or the hog to want 4 j to wallow as It Is for the small bo boy to scurry to the old swimming b tole ole with wRit the first breath of spring Hot went weather her Is ts Is hard on fat animals the portly porker porker Included That is why a well well- c made mude sanitary hog wallow r. ti W like a Cone Coney Island bathing beach bench for the F hogs A popular and serviceable ser type 0 WUll wallow HV advocated by the United t States department of if agriculture should be made of concrete about 12 I Inches In depth an and large enough to t accommodate the herd of hogs The Theu u wallow allow should b bJ supplIed with a satisfactory sat sat- 1 Intake and outlet so that It cant can be filled about two-thirds two full of ot wat water vater t and drained every few days duys or oras orns r. r as ns often as Is necessary to keep the thet t pool fresh and cleanly At the prest present nt I. I time a test Is being being made at the experimental ex perl mental farm of the department of ot agriculture at Beltsville Md to determine detert deter deter- t mine the value of the cement hog wallow wal wul Y low as a comfort for hogs The results of ot this Investigation will be published t upon co completion early In the fall fail Temperature Extremes The hog grower In many of the leadIng lead lead- Ing producing pork ng states faces two to temperature t extremes during the year eur During the winter unless he provides houses nn and warm quarters his hogs are likely to suffer from the cold while In the summer season he must handle the animals under conditions condi condi- of extreme heat Any animal ns us fat ns as the average hog which Is to be marketed In the late Inte summer or earl early fall suffers greatly during hot weather and ond unfortunately many hog farmers neglect to provide shelter om and protection I tion for their hogs hogs' from the extreme heat beat During hot weather ho hogs s teed need I I j I I Some of Uncle Sams Porkers at Beltsville Md nn fin n abundance of or shade shade natural natural shade such Ruch as Is furnished by trees tree and bushes being the best Temporary Shelter Where natural shade and shelter are not available the hog owner sho should ld put up a temporary shelter by building a n framework about 4 feet teet high thoroughly covering the top with brush straw grass or hay This Inexpensive inexpensive Inex inex- pensive sunshade should be of sufficient sum dent cleat size to protect a 0 herd of hogs In comfort as they lie under It As a rule the ordinary hog house should not be used for tor shade hade purposes during the summer Each Ench year hog mortality Is comparatively heavy henvy due to porker sunstroke induced by maintaining the hogs In the open without sufficient protection protection pro pro- from the ruddy glow of Old Sols Sol's furnace |
