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March 2, 1901
St. Tammany Farmer
Covington, Saint Tammany County, Louisiana
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Description of a practical hog-loading chute made from fencing, lumber, and slats to simplify the disagreeable task of loading hogs onto wagons by creating an inclined ramp and confining wings.
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HOG-LOADING CHUTE.
Device by Which a Disagreeable Job Is Robbed of Some of Its Annoying Features.
Loading hogs is usually a disagreeable task. This job is greatly simplified where an elevated pen with a floor on a level with the wagon bed is available, but there are few farmers whose feed lots are thus arranged. The only way to load the porkers is with an improvised chute, which is always more or less of a nuisance.
A substantial chute with an inclined floor—the longer the floor the better, as the ascent will be less steep—is made of four-inch fencing, spiked to a frame of 2x4 inches, with posts of 4x4-inch stuff. To add to the solidity of the affair, the 2x4 and 4x4 should be bolted together. The floor can be made of plank or rough lumber of any kind. It is necessary to nail cleats upon the floor to prevent the hogs from slipping. One end of the chute rests on the ground, while the other is on a level with the wagon bed floor. This chute should be made of as light material as stability will allow, for it is often convenient to change its location. The rest of the arrangement is two sections of slat fencing, to be used as wings. One end of each section is fastened to a side of the chute and unrolled. When set up the two wings will make a large V, of which the point is the chute. The hogs can be easily driven inside the V; then the two ends of the slatting can be brought together. The hogs will thus be confined in a small pen to be loaded.—Orange Judd Farmer.
Device by Which a Disagreeable Job Is Robbed of Some of Its Annoying Features.
Loading hogs is usually a disagreeable task. This job is greatly simplified where an elevated pen with a floor on a level with the wagon bed is available, but there are few farmers whose feed lots are thus arranged. The only way to load the porkers is with an improvised chute, which is always more or less of a nuisance.
A substantial chute with an inclined floor—the longer the floor the better, as the ascent will be less steep—is made of four-inch fencing, spiked to a frame of 2x4 inches, with posts of 4x4-inch stuff. To add to the solidity of the affair, the 2x4 and 4x4 should be bolted together. The floor can be made of plank or rough lumber of any kind. It is necessary to nail cleats upon the floor to prevent the hogs from slipping. One end of the chute rests on the ground, while the other is on a level with the wagon bed floor. This chute should be made of as light material as stability will allow, for it is often convenient to change its location. The rest of the arrangement is two sections of slat fencing, to be used as wings. One end of each section is fastened to a side of the chute and unrolled. When set up the two wings will make a large V, of which the point is the chute. The hogs can be easily driven inside the V; then the two ends of the slatting can be brought together. The hogs will thus be confined in a small pen to be loaded.—Orange Judd Farmer.
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Practical Invention
Farming Guide
What keywords are associated?
Hog Loading
Chute Device
Farming Tool
Wagon Bed
Slat Wings
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Story Details
A chute constructed from fencing spiked to a 2x4 frame with 4x4 posts, bolted for solidity, featuring an inclined floor with cleats to prevent slipping, one end on ground and other at wagon bed level; supplemented by slat fencing wings forming a V to drive and confine hogs for loading.