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ing apartments. According to the present plan the building is divided 

 the long way through the center by an alley 6 feet wide, thus leaving 

 14 feet of pen space on each side which is an ideal length for pens. 

 The pens on the north side of the building are used for boars and the 



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more mature feeder hogs, while those on the south, admitting an abund- 

 ance of sunlight, are used by pigs, younger feeders, and to a limited 

 extent by brood sows and their litters. Each pen has access to yardage 

 enclosed with woven wire except the partitions between the boar yards 

 which are constructed of boards; the outer ends of the boar pens are, 

 however, enclosed with woven wire. The yards are the same width as 

 the pens within and are 16 feet long on the north side of the building 

 and 22 feet on the south side. A pair of platform scales is located in 

 the alley at the feed room having been set down in the cement flush 



