A wallow is as necessary for a hog as a bath-tub is for a human being.
A clean bath benefits the health of a hog, especially if the wallow is
filled with a dipping solution. This combination not only saves the
lives of fat hogs on hot days, but also aids greatly in preventing
cholera. See DIPPING TANKS, page 76.
Locate the wallow in a convenient place near the water supply. A level,
well drained spot, where the mud will not wash into it, is best. (The
wallow shown in the photograph is in the hog house, and is a large dish
in the concrete floor.) Make the wallow 8 by 12-feet. Dig out the hole
with straight sides to the depth of 2 feet 2 inches. Lay a drainage
foundation 10 inches thick—see SIDEWALKS, page 29. Set a 10-inch board
around the outside of the hole to keep the dirt from crumbling in on
the concrete.
Mix the concrete 1: 2: 4 and place a 6-inch floor in the hole. As the
concrete is laid, embed woven wire in it 1 inch from the bottom. Have
the concrete for the side walls fairly dry and tamp it to the shape and
dimensions—4 inches thick at the top and 10 inches at the floor line.
The sloping sides make cleaning easy. Keep all animals away from the
wallow for two weeks. Three men built this wallow easily in one day.
=Materials Required=
Screened gravel or crushed rock 2½ cubic yards @ $1.10 $2.75
Sand 1¼ cubic yards @ $1.00 1.25
Portland cement 4½ barrels @ $2.50 11.25
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$15.25
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