Portable Hog Finishing Floors

The november 1964 issue of successful farming magazine featured a story on the mulch brothers roger and richard of hancock county illinois who were pioneers in using slatted floors in hog barns.

Portable hog finishing floors.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Pen partitions may be of wood or metal. Roofs are insulated to prevent condensation and to reduce summer heat. The brothers designed and built a 40 stall farrowing house in 1961 that featured slats and zone ventilation.

Cleaning is done below with two jets of water under 70 pounds of pressure. That barn may have ended up being the longest continuously used farrowing house in america. This plan takes the place of the original missouri sunlit house since many farmers had difficulty in building it. Department of agricultural and biosystems engineering.

The revolving boom circles the 21 5 foot exercise area every 2 5 minutes. This may be built in either a single or a double unit. A 4 inch center drain carries the wastes away. May be built single or double.

Fargo nd 58108 6050 701 231 7261. Floor may be of concrete or hollow tile. Adjustable 2 x 6 oak floor slats are evenly spaced to reduce labor and can quickly be replaced. Whether it s for a pen or farrowing crates farmer boy has a wide selection of hog flooring options for sale.

We carry rubber mats plastic flooring and galvanized or wire options for your housing and other swine handling areas. Buildings are approximately 4 to eaves and 5 8 to peak. Hog haven feeding floors. This automatic hog finishing facility dubbed hog o matic is equipped to feed the pigs and clean the floor under fully automatic control.

Combination roof hog house.