Paddock Shelter for Pigs.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1911, Page 4

Paddock Shelter for Pigs.

A Cm '.ulian '-uip.'r, the "Nor' West iNiruii'! - sup;; ie- ;i rather good idea i'or a mo/eabk , pi.v; slH'cr. Relci , - ring to fiie use <>i given if c-;l lor n.igs and it.-, econoniy i.i |;i.i; r;\!siivg, Llio papor remarks":—\Vhotlier tins be •riTch oats rape or clover, it is ailisoliitciy necossary that the pigs ii'ivp .vhfitor of some kind when j>ii«turocl in an open field drilling the warm wcatlior. Tlio j\ccomp.iiiyin<T iHustrat'ion '!; t!:i- -..tyle r,\ "i,:\\. .- iii<»; that has \w:>n ri-coiniiieiKlcd by irrto.ders who iiive ]vrovo;i its merits :uid which appears complete'. Ft can be n-adily seen ti'.ut little _. in ran shine on the. inside; the height of the i.vt and ventilator at the top "live good s<l ii i tat ion ami rontihtion, and hi'.s runners by which it may bo moved. The mam points to be observed in the consti action of this shelter are: 'l<> -have the shelter movable; to havo it cool, and to. have it well ventilated. Nealising that this not i> to be lisO'.i .is n shelter from t'lve sun and rain, rather than as a inn I'or *no hogs, it is not necessary to . large floor space. It is made by bonding a piece of Ain roil, about lin iojig, at right angles and drilliiiiff a nolo tliron.fijh it in the bi-nd. Tli is is attached to tljo un<lorsid<' of Hi-o tongue b.> an iron .strap, fa.steiuxl j>pound the wood so that the rear angle lies parallel with the tongue. When the rino- of the neckyofce is pas* ing over t'- , end of til re tongue tke leek is tilUd forward, and then drops in positio-'i '".s sir •:.■■•), alter the ring is in place.