Rich County Reaper | 1930-06-13 | Page 2 | Shade for Porkers is Most Profitable Plan

Sha shade defor for porkers corkers Is most profitable plan giving your pigs a cool coal shady place in which to lie during the hot months will put pounds of pork on their backs and extra dollars in your pocket A pig cannot be expected to put on the cheapest and fastest gains if bo be Is compelled to spend summer days in a hot stuffy dusty shed or depend on the north side of the shed for shade if you have trees in your hog lot the shade problem Is solved if you have no trees a shade may be hullt built cheaply clie aply A little time a few waste posts and lumber and some soine woven wire are needed set a post at each corner if the shade Is large it Is well to set a couple of posts along the sides also nall nail planks or saplings to the posts next throw a few boards or limbs of trees across the top at regular intervals then stretch the woven wire fencing across the top weeds or hay may then be thrown tin on the woven wire roof build the shade away from the buildings so the air and wind can move through it freely it should be high enough so the wind can easily pass underneath