‘E-HUT’ Farrowing Plans and Pix

This page of graphics is an adjunct to the farrowing-in-huts discussion in Over the Back Fence.  Here's how this discussion got started.  Tom Frantzen, a farmer in northeast Iowa bought a computer and emailed some of his friends and associates:

Hi Everyone;
10 years ago I cut up my farrowing crates and decided to return to a traditional farrowing practice. I have always pasture farrowed in different versions of wood and steel huts. I replaced the crates with a gated pen settup. After building hoop buildings in 1997 I became interested in farrowing in hoops. I built a modified version of the "Henry County Illinois" in 1998. I farrowed in these huts in hoops, on pasture and in heated buildings since then. This November I designed a different version of wood farrowing hut. This model was placed into immediate service in a heated building. At present I am very pleased with this design.
I would like to create an informal group of like minded hog farmers who want to pursue traditional farrowing practices. I am sending this message to the people that I think may have such interest. If you want to be on this list let me know. If you have no interest in being involved say so. I would like to call the group E-HUT.
I have rough diagrams of the latest hut design that I can fax to you. In a few weeks I will have a scanner and then pictures of huts can be sent by computer. Let me know your thoughts. Tom Frantzen.