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| Keywords: humpback rocks mountain farm humpbackrocksmountainfarm blue ridge parkway blueridgeparkway milepost 6 milepost6 outdoor Raising hogs was a year round feeding proposition - 6 months of the year the hogs fed themselves out in the forest and 6 months of the year the hogs fed the family from the meat locker. This stone wall enclosed a communal hog area on the side of Humpback Mountain while they grew during the summer. Late in the fall, the hogs would be herded up, sorted to the correct family, and penned up to fatten before being slaughtered when the weather turned cold enough providing the main source of meat for the mountain families. Raising hogs was a year round feeding proposition - 6 months of the year the hogs fed themselves out in the forest and 6 months of the year the hogs fed the family from the meat locker. This stone wall enclosed a communal hog area on the side of Humpback Mountain while they grew during the summer. Late in the fall, the hogs would be herded up, sorted to the correct family, and penned up to fatten before being slaughtered when the weather turned cold enough providing the main source of meat for the mountain families. | ||||
