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and the, slaughtering-room is entirely closed, the latter being 40x12 feet in size. The 

 entrance door to the feeding and slaughtering-room is on the west side, near the northwest 

 corner of the building, This room contains the usual conveniences and implements for feed 

 ing and slaughtering pigs, such as furnace and boilers, scalding-tub, and dressing-table 

 the boilers being used in cooking food, or heating water for use in dressing the pigs. A door 

 opens from the pens into the slaughter-floor, and the pens are all connected by doors between 

 them. 



Feed-tubs are so located as to receive by conducting-pipes the skim and buttermilk 

 from the dairy. The floor of the pens is composed of brick laid in cement, and slopes four 

 inches back to the sills, which are raised that height from the floor, resting on iron pins, 

 thus leaving a space for discharging both solid and liquid manure into the yards. The 

 yards are also provided with a tight bottom, and walls of brick and mortar, thus preserving 

 the manure from waste. The floor of the slaughtering-room slopes one foot in twenty-six in 

 length, and a few inches from the side to the center. The second story contains the sleeping- 

 rooms, 8x12, entrance to which is gained by inclined planes from the pens below. No 

 difficulty was experienced in getting the pigs accustomed to climbing up to their sleeping rooms 

 at night, and they keep them clean and dry; leaves are furnished for bedding. This economical 

 arrangement of pens allows the keeping of about 50 hogs in a comparatively small building. 

 The space over the slaughter-floor extends up to the roof, except that a platform runs around 

 in front of the sleeping-pens, on a level with the second floor. 



The arrangement of sleeping-pens in the second story, being similar to that of the feeding- 

 pens below, leaves space for two large rooms that may be used for grain-bins and storage. 

 The doors opening into the yards, and from pen to pen, are all managed by ropes and pulleys 

 from in front of the pens. &quot;With a view to keeping out vermin, all space around the frame 

 work and behind the troughs is filled in with brick and mortar. There seem to be but two 

 defects in the foregoing plans, that might properly be criticised; for while very explicit and 

 minute directions are given on various points, nothing is said respecting the ventilation of 

 this house for 50 hogs. There should be at least three large ventilating cupolas on the top 

 of the building, beside windows and doors that may be opened or closed, as circumstances 

 may seem to direct. There should also be arrangements made for keeping the yards from 

 being flooded by rains, to the great saving of manure. 



Poultry-House. Plans and descriptions of poultry -houses will be given in connection 

 with the poultry department (which see). 



Wagon-House, or Shed. A shelter for the storage of 

 wagons and carts is essential on every farm. On small farms, 

 the wagon-house, tool-house, and repair-shop may be combined 

 in one building; but on large farms considerable room will be 

 required for the wagons and carts alone. A wagon-house should 

 be closely boarded, and kept in good repair. Like all other 

 farm buildings, its size will depend upon the size of the farm, 

 and the purpose to which it is to be appropriated. Care should 

 be taken to have it sufficiently large for all practical purposes. 

 If the upper portion of the building is finished off for other 

 uses, the scaffold or floor above should be close and tight, to 

 prevent the dust from falling through upon the floor below. 



There should be a separate department where the best 

 wagons and carriages are kept, while a small room leading into 

 the latter may be finished off for the safe keeping of the har 

 nesses, robes, etc. The door of this department should always WAGON-JACK. 



