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filled with Portland cement mortar ; when setting is completed, the poles are 

 read}' to be fitted up. 



Poles of this kind can last an indefinite time, especially if the precaution 

 is taken to paint them afresh ever>' j^ear. When the wood begins to rot, it 

 can easih' be detached from the foot and replaced. 



904 - Device for protecting Sucking-PigS. — Dessais.\ix R., in journal d'Ai^ricultun' pra- 

 tique, 80th Year, 1916, No. 12, pp. 216-217, 2 fig. Paris, June 15, 1916. 



Various arrangements have been contrived to prevent sows from over- 

 laj'ing their young when h'ing down along the wall of the st}'. Among these 

 contrivances the following, applied in various piggeries in Switzerland, may 

 be pointed out : along the walls of the st}', a series of irons / are placed, at 

 about 20 inches distance from each other. Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of 



Arrangement for prolectinfi Siitkini^ P;";'s 



Fig. I 



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these irons, / the lower limb a of which is at 6 or 7 inches above the ground 

 X of the sty ; this height can be altered according to the size of the sow, the 

 point b being always about level with the teats. The rounded projection 

 b is about 6 or 7 inches in front of the wall y and the upper point c ma}' 

 be nearly 16 inches above the limit a. The round irons / 0.6 to o.S inches 

 in diameter, have their ends run into the brick wall ; if the wall is made of 

 wood they maj- end in a claw so as to fix them b^' means of screw rings. 



The arrangement under examination provides the young pigs with a 

 passage either below or above the limb a. 



