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Show sffag Ned shade in Hot Weather If hogs are to thrive in this hot weather which has prevailed in Utah during the past month they must be provided with some kind of shade is the opinion of Henry Oberhan.dey, Agent in Animal Husbandry at the Utah Agricultural College. If natural nat-ural shade is not found in the yards it will he necessary to proide artificial arti-ficial shade of same kind. Hogs do not like to lie in the pen ai well BS they do out in the open on the cool earth. Forced lying on u floor in hot weather is distinctly detrimental and will take off flesh from the pig. Where urtificiul shade is necessary, Mr. Obarhanalay recommended a shade made as follows: set four heavy posts in the ground somewhere in the yards where the hogs come often. Set them as far apart as you want your shade to be. They must of necessity be heavy because the hogs will rub against them and if small they will not stand the strain. Then build a support on top of them which will hold brush. This roof may be made of several two by fours laid about three feet apart. Finally cover the top with brush or weeds. Too much dust is detrimental to your hogs. Dust especially accumulates accumu-lates where the pigs lie in the shade. For this reason it is well to sprinklo the ground under the shade with equal parts of wuter and crude oil. The pigs cannot root much and by so do ing raise a dust. |