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the year, to the pens on the north side. There should be 

 but one or two windows on the north side, according to the 

 size of the house. A good size for windows is two and a half 

 high by five feet long. 



A very suitable height would be eight feet for the south 

 wall, eleven feet for the north wall, sixteen feet to the 

 peak of the north wall. 



The colony plan calls for smaller and numerous houses 

 that may be scatttered over larger areas. Of these there are 

 different kinds. A small house, eight feet square at the 

 bottom is easily made by sawing 16 foot boards in two. Lay 

 out a foundation with 3x8 scantlings, 8 feet square. Nail 

 these eight foot boards at the bottom and bring them to- 

 gether at the top so as to form an equilateral triangle, and 

 nail to a scantling secured there. Board up both ends, leav- 

 ing a 2 1 /x2 foot opening which can be protected by hanging 

 over it an old sack or a drop door attached with leather 

 hinges. The pigs will get in the way of going in and out 

 and opening these themselves. The cracks should be well 

 battened and the opening should face the south. This house 

 may be put on runners and easily changed from one part of 

 the field to another. It is very convenient for the sow and 

 litter. In order to increase warmth it should be banked 

 up 2y 2 feet with horse manure. Another house, built on the 

 shanty plan is very suitable for housing brood sows in winter. 

 It is seven feet high in front, four feet at the rear, eight feet 

 wide, and sixteen feet long with a flat roof. In the front 

 there should be a window and at the corner a 2^x5 foot door, 

 with the upper two feet of the door fastened shut, but capable 

 of being opened when the attendant wishes to enter. This 

 pen, too, should be well banked up with horse manure and 

 should be comfortably bedded. 



Corn cribs with a two thousand bushel capacity or of 

 such capacity as will suit the condition of the feeder, should 

 be placed conveniently near. Sometimes these are built in 

 connection with the hog pen, where pens are placed only on 

 one side of the alley. 



Every hog pen should have an outside yard in connection 

 with the pen, in which the pigs may take exercise. These 

 mav be large or small, according to the conditions that pre- 

 vail. All hogs that must be confined in summer should have 

 long, narrow runways, between which may be sown forage 



