Show COMFORT OF HOG MOST DESIRABLE Well Made Sanitary Wallow Is Like Coney Island Bathing Beach for lor Porkers CONCRETE TYPE IS POPULAR Grower Faces Two Temperature Extremes Extremes Ex Ex- In Many of Producing Pork-Producing States States Many Many Farmers Neglect Proper Shelter Prepared b by the United States Department Department Depart Depart- ment of or Agriculture It Is as ns natural for the hog to want wallow to as it is for Cor the small boy to scurry to the old swimming hole with the first breath of spring Hot weather is hard on fat fut animals the portly porker Included That Is why a well- well made sanitary hog wallow Is like a aCone Cone Coney Island bathing beach bench for the hogs A popular and serviceable type of wallow advocated b by the United States department of agriculture should be marie of concrete about 12 Inches in depth and large enough to accommodate the herd of hogs The wallow should be supplied with a satisfactory satISfactory satisfactory sat sat- intake and outlet so that Itcan it itcan itcan can be filled about two thirds full of water at and nd drained every err fe few V days S or I I L as a when until as us is necessary m w Keep me lilt ii pool fresh and cleanly At the present time a test lest is being made at the experimental ex ex- farm of the department of ot agriculture at llIe Beltsville rid l to determine deter eter- mine the value yaille of the cement hog wallow wallow wallow wal wal- low as ns a n comfort for hogs The results of this investigation will be published upon completion early In the fall Temperature Extremes The hog grower In mun many of the leadIng leading lead lead- Ing producing pork states faces two temperature extremes during the year During the tile winter unless ss he provides comfortable houses and warm quarters his hogs are likely ety to suffer from th the told fold old while in the summer season he must handle the animals un under er conditions conditions condi condi- lions of extreme heat Any animal al as I fat as the average hog which Is to be marketed In the late Inte summer or early i i fall suffers greatly during hot weather I Imd and md unfortunately man many hog lug farmers I neglect to provide shelter and protection protect l t I tion for their hogs from the extreme heat ent During hot weather ho lions hogs s teed need I r I wc e e eS en I S n h y 93 1 i jit it L' L Some of Uncle Sams Sam's Porkers at Beltsville Md an abundance of shade natural shade natural shade such uch as ns Is furnished b. b by trees and I bushes being the best I Temporary Shelter Where natural shade and shelter are not available a the hog owner should put up a temporary temporary- shelter by bJ building a framework about 4 feet high and thoro thoroughly covering the top with I i brush straw gross grass ti ir dr r hay huy This inexpensive inex Inet- I pensive sunshade e should be of sufficient sum clent size to protect a n herd of hogs In comfort as they lie tm under cr It As a n rule the ordinary hog should not be I used for sha shade e pui purposes roses during tho the summer Each year hog mortality is comparatively heavy due to porker sunstroke Induced by Iry maintaining the hogs In the open without sufficient protection protection protection pro pro- from the ruddy glow of Old Sols Sol's furnace |