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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.TF. [Jan. 2, 1908. 



Construction oj-^ Pig-sty EuiLuiNcis. 



[Continued from November, 1907, page 862. J 



A. BROOKS, 



Foreman of Works, Hawkcslmry Agricultural College. 



Separate Sties. 

 A VERY ordinary design of slicd to liuusc ;i nrmilicr of pigs togctlicr is lliat 

 shown at Fig. 17, l)nilt uf Imsh tiinlici' — round >tufF for llic fi-anicwork, slabs 



iixcd iipriglit for the 

 walls, similar slabs laid 

 down for the floor, and 

 hark roof. Tlie size of 

 the our sliowii is 1 1) ft. 

 X y ft., and it cost here 

 forlahoui- and materials, 

 <£9. 



Such a hinlding may 

 make a dcct'iit shelter 

 shed, hut it is not by 

 any means a healthy pig-house. The floor allows all the urine to soak through, 

 tlu; walls and roof are a harbour for vermin, and the timbers so(m decay away. 



Something Better. 



Figs. IS and 19 show the gronnd plan and elevation of a house of similar 

 dimensions, set into the dividing fence of two separate runs, and so fitted 

 with gates on the front at A-B, Fig. 18, that the pigs can be shut oif from 

 either run. 



Fia. 17. 



Fig. 18. 



