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STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



hinged panel to one side of the window which may be opened in suitable 

 weather to admit additional sunshine and fresh air. 



Troughs. — Figure 44 shows the feeding troughs with swinging partitions 

 suspended over them in such a way that when swung back the pigs are 

 shut away from the troughs while the feed is being supplied, and when 



This is no 



swung forward 



again in place, they have access to them. 



Fig. 43. 



new invention for the device, with many modifications, is used in 

 numerous farmers' piggeries. The only wonder is that it is not more 

 universally used. The top of this swinging partition consists of a two- 

 by-four from which the three-foot partition made of inch boards swings 

 by hinges. This partition is held in place at all times by a half-inch 

 iron rod which slips up and down in staples, being received at the bottom 

 in holes bored in a hardwood cleat nailed across the center of the trough. 

 This fastening prevents the pigs from moving the partition at any time. 

 If the pens are over ten feet in width the swinging partitions are too 

 cumbersome to work well. They should not be made to swing into the 

 pen past the edge of the trough when fastened, or the pigs will soon gnaw 

 the edge of the bottom board off. These partitions are made to swing back 

 until they stand straight up overhead, resting at the ends between the 



