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.
This automatic hog finishing facility dubbed hog o matic is equipped to feed the pigs and clean the floor under fully automatic control.
Adjustable 2 x 6 oak floor slats are evenly spaced to reduce labor and can quickly be replaced.
Shop our floor options below or call our sales team at 800 845 3374 with questions.
Floor may be of concrete or hollow tile.
Department of agricultural and biosystems engineering.
A 4 inch center drain carries the wastes away.
Modified a hog house.
May be built single or double.
That barn may have ended up being the longest continuously used farrowing house in america.
Pen partitions may be of wood or metal.
Roofs are insulated to prevent condensation and to reduce summer heat.
Fargo nd 58108 6050 701 231 7261.
Combination roof hog house.
Whether it s for a pen or farrowing crates farmer boy has a wide selection of hog flooring options for sale.
Cleaning is done below with two jets of water under 70 pounds of pressure.
The brothers designed and built a 40 stall farrowing house in 1961 that featured slats and zone ventilation.
This plan takes the place of the original missouri sunlit house since many farmers had difficulty in building it.
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.
We carry rubber mats plastic flooring and galvanized or wire options for your housing and other swine handling areas.
Hog haven feeding floors.