DIVISIOX OF AXIM'IL HUSBAXDRY 455 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FOUNDATION, 



The foundation wall about the piggery is of eoncrote, same being 12 inches thick. 

 Cement bolts were inserted in the cement wall with which to bolt down the sill. This 

 cement foundation wall extends above the floor of pen.s to a height of 10 inches, 3nd 

 extends 2 feet below the grade line outside of building. This wall stands on a 12- by 

 15-inch coi^crete footing. Within the piggery a 4-inch cement wall supports the 

 division, with somewhat heavier buttresses at corners of pens carrying the posts. 



FLOORS, 



The floors throughout this building are of concrete, excepting the floor of feed 



room over root cellar. xVll floors have ample drainage. Underneath floor of main 



\ passage is an 8-inch drain running lengthwifee of the building, into which a 4-inoh 



drain empties from each pair of pens. The floors of pens were given a rough finish, 



and the floor of main passage crowned 1 inch and rolled to give a rough finish. 



LEVELS AND GRADES. 



The floors of pens are 2 inches lower at the front than the level of main passage. 

 The fronts of pens are 8 inches above the passage level next pens. The passage has a 

 crown of 1 inch to centre. On the edge of passage, directly against the concrete pen 

 fronts, is a gutter 2 inches wide, this grading alternately for each pair of pens, passing 

 through the pen fronts and emptying into the 4-inch drain of each pair of pens. The 

 floor of pens falls towards centres 2 inches in 3 feet from passage, from which there is 

 a rise of 1 inch in 2 feet and 2 inches to the rear of pen. Each pair of pens drains to. 

 the 4-inch drain placed in the division between the two pens. 



SUPERSTRUCTURE. 



The superstructure is made of 2- by 6-inch planking throughout, excepting the 

 joists and girths which are made of 2- by 10-inch planking. The walls are most 

 economically constructed, as follows: On the outside of posts and studs is one ply of 

 building paper, covered by vertical planed boards with battens over cracks. On the 

 inside of posts and studs is a layer of specially prepared building paper called " Lino- 

 felt," covered by -^-inch sheathing in the piggery below but not in the loft. All divi- 

 sions between pens are of 1^-inch matched sheathing topped with grooved and bevelled 

 header. A sliding door crossing the main passage at the south side of feed room 

 completely shuts off one-half of the piggery, thus allowing the maintenance of higher 

 temperature in the portion set aside for farrowing sows. 



LIGHT. 



As per illustration, all the light possible is installed in this piggery, in order to 

 get it perfectly sanitary and cheerful. Although this necessitates storm windows for 

 winter, yet a much moi'e sanitary piggery for breeding purposes is the result. 



VENTILATION. 



The ventilation is of the Rutherford system. Each pair of pens has a fresh-air 

 intake which brings the fresh air in 3 feet above floor. The foul-air outlets run from 

 the ceiling of feed passage through the loft to the cupolas on roof. These outlets are 

 made of two ply i-inch matched sheathing with dead air space between in order to 

 prevent condensation. Both incoming and outgoing air are controlled by dampers in 

 ventilators, 



/ Brandon 



