Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1913 — Cement Floor. [ARTICLE]

Cement Floor.

In making cement hog floors arrange a slat frame or woven wire devloe in one corner when placing a sow in the house at farrowing time. The frame should rest flat on the floor, being higher on the outer edge than in the middle, to prevent the nesting from being scattered about and to guard the pigs crawling off onto the cold floor and chilling—a very common occurrence unless something is done to prevent.lt