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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

As I was getting ready to close out the old e-mail I noticed this 
post. I don't know if any of you remember Grandad but he was active 
on the list for some time and this has always been one of my favorite 
posts, a bit of humor and it passes along some good advice.
Grandad are you still out there?

Rob

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I hate chasing pigs so I built a raised floor pig stye a
few years ago that worked very well.  I got the plans from
my copy of "The Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening".  I put
mine on runners (two telephone poles) so that I could move
it around with a tractor every season.  The wooden slated
floor worked very well, and the wooden fencing around it 42
inches high gave me the luxury of not having to chase pigs
while I raised them in it.  I hate to chase pigs.  I made
mine the same height as the bed of my truck so I could back
the truck up to the gate of the stye.  It was still a job
getting them loaded. I hate chasing pigs.  I raised two at a
time because they do better with company, and I wasn't going
to spend time with them because I hate chasing pigs.  The
only place better than the raised floor pig stye for keeping
pigs in as far as I am concerned is the freezer, because as
I may have mentioned I hate chasing pigs.
As for size, the book recomended 8 feet by 8 feet, I htought
that it was too small so I made mine 8 X 12which included a
shelter and a feeder.  I built a small platform on the end
with the feeder so that I could feed them without going into
the pig stye, I didn't want to take any chances of having to
open a gate to go in because I hate chasing pigs.  The other
reason that I made it a little larger is that I wanted to
make sure that I didn't have to move them into larger
quarters. I hate chasing pigs.
I hooked up a lixit water nozzle for livestock to a garden
hose and mounted it through the fence securely so that they
could have a constant supply of clean water.
  That saved some space as it I didn't have to provide space
for a trough or a water tank that they have a tendency to
spill anyway.  And thre last amenity that I provided them
was an old tire to play with, they would push that tire
around and back and forth between them and keep themselves
entertained, a bowling ball was suggested but the tire was
handy.
        
        

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