Show concrete feeding floors for hogs improves pigs health and saves on food DETTER ETTER pork can be and a saving in food result where concrete feeding floor s used in hog lots the concrete feeding floors generally made about 4 inches thick in sections of about 10 square feet for poorly drained larid land it may be necessary to fill in with about 6 inches of gravel or cinders it will take 7 sacks of portland cement cubic yard of sand and I 1 cubic yard gravel or crushed rock to build a feeding lot square feet 4 inches thick in addition to better health h control concrete feeding flo floors rs should result in about 25 per cen cent tin increase crease in number raised from the same number of sows bows they will grow more evenly and reach market weights weeks earlier it is advisable to provide shade when hogs are kept on concrete pieces of 2 x as are commonly usei use d for side forms they may be sal salvaged v aged is as soon as the concrete has set A straight 2 x 4 may be used as a strike board to level off the concrete the new concrete should be properly cured by covering with earth or straw as soon as it has hardened enough riot not to be marred it should be kept moist for 0 CURB CONCRETE r k nw FLOOK 1 I I 1 I 1 a yv awa APRON APPON OR 02 e CUI OFF WALL 0 o J method of building curb and apron for concrete feeding floors at least five days by frequent sprinkling it is often desirable to place a low curb and an apron or cutoff wall extending tending into the ground about 1 or 2 feet deep around the edge of the feeding floor as in the drawing this prevents the undermining of the floor boor |