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Show HOG RINGING DEVICE This is set in the opening of the gate. The hogs are driven as though they were to be turned out. When one puts his head through between the levers close them, fasten with pins, put in the rings, open up the levers and ho will go on through. , The platform to whicli the levers are fastened is for the hog to stand on while being ringed. He is pulling or pushing, as tho case may be, against his own weight when standing on the platform, while if standing on the ground a heavy hog would be very hard to hold. The pen sketch will give the Idea of construction, which may be altered to fuft convenience and material at hand. This like all farm tools and conveniences should be kept dry. It is the time lost when in "a hurrv if you have to look about tho place in the weeds or plled-up rubbish for some tool that counts. A place for everything and everything in its place Study this: It will help you. ' |