Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1913 — Sow and Pig Brooder House. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Sow and Pig Brooder House.

J. P. Gognot, Lawrence Co., 111., a very successful hog breeder, has devised what he calls a handy sow and pig. brooder house, it la used

SOW AND PIG BROODER HOUSE, for a sow with pigs only, but may also be used for pigs after weaning, or even mature hogs. It is also a handy small house for other purposes about the farm and may be used for temporary storage of fruits and vegetables. Being on runners and without a floor, it may be hauled to the field and placed over potatoes, or other vegetables, piled in heaps on frosty nights. This sow and pig house is practically a roof on runners. It is 6xß feet, inside measurments. The runners fire 2xß inch boards. Four rafters are made of 2x4 inch stuff and four matched Ix 3 boards. The roofing is made of Georgia pine ship lap, and the gables are pine siding. The house is 5 feet high at the ridge, and the cost of material at this point is |5,00, not counting paint. Such a house kept well painted should last ten to twenty years, and pay for itself many times over.