Slatted Floor Has Built-In Sewer

Slatted Floor Has Built-In Sewer LIVESTOCK Buildings 4-3-8 They're calling it "the greatest improvement in hog confinement buildings since farrowing crates." It's a new-style slatted floor from AmCon, Chillicothe, Mo., with a built-in sewer system. "This system eliminates the need for an inside pit, and all the gas, oder and moisture problems that go with it," Don Parks, president, told FARM SHOW. As shown in the drawing, water flows through the slats, carrying fresh hog manure into an outside lagoon or holding tank and is then recycled through the system. "You can use it to modernize manure handling and disposal in an existing system, or install it in your brand new confinement facility," explains Parks. The system requires a slope of 1 in. per 12 ft. of length. "Slightly more slope can be tolerated, but if too much, water will run too fast, causing manure solids to separate out and stay behind," Parks points out. The amount of water flowing through individual slats can be regulated by hand-adjust valves. A 11/z hp. centrifugal pump, costing 6ó per hr. to operate, will circulate the entire amount of water required to flush a 600-hog operation. Cost of the system, which the manufacturer says is designed for do-ityourself installation, is in the neighborhood of $13 per sq. ft. For growing and finishing hogs, 5-in. wide slats are teamed with 21/z in. dia. pipe. Slats for nurseries (21 in. wide) are equipped 2 in. dia. pipe. All

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