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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 October 1924, Page 4

PIG=SCALDING CRADLE. r=s m LJ £ sc LS 1 ■k vw In most cases when pigs are killed >ri the farm the appliances for scalding are of primitive‘character, and often three people are more or less employed on the job. With a light block and tackle, or a lever hoist and trough as depicted, ' ono man can scald and dress a pis. A trough sft long, 2ft 6in. wide, built in stout timber framework, would be suitable--for the purpose, and •■an be used as a grain or chaff bin at ■>ther times. The feature of interest is ihe cradle or carrier on which the pig is lowered into and raised out of the scalding water. This lias 3-inch battens fastened at equal distances apart o-n four iron bars. One end of each! bar is turned up at right angles, while the other is welded onto a li-in. round iron bar. This is carried in" brackets, so that it is fiee to turn, and with it the carrier. One end of the round bar is squared, to take a lever arm in one end of which a corresponding square hole is ounched. When a pig is to lie. scalded the carrier is held up by a strong bar laid under it, across, the ends of the vat. The pig is put on, and the operator takes the weight of the carrier by bearing down on the lever, which is 2ft 9in long. The supporting bar is removed, when the carrier holding the pig can be lowered into the water. As soon as scalding is finished, the farrier is again raised and supported in place bv the bar. The device is one which should be found useful on farms whore pigs are killed. The whole thing could be easily constructed, or the carrier, which is the most original part of the design, might he adapted "o < l isting vats. It might he better, however, to licit the lever across the centre of the carrier, for greater strength.

MONKEY’S “JAMBOREE.” One of the monkeys in the menagerie at the Wembley Amusements Park recently escaped from his cage and defied all efforts to recapture him for two days. He was attracted by one of the box es of a loud speaker, and sat there for hcufs listening to the music with evident pleasure. Like a child with a drum, however, the monkey was always trying to find out where the sound came from, and seemed irritated because he could not do so. Greediness led to his recapture. He stole a pol of jam from a store, took it into a sound box. and there started gorging himself until it was a sick and sorry monkey who was carried back to his cage.