HOG 



All hog houses must be provided with sufficient window 

 space for light and sunshine. These windows should be 

 inserted so that they can be easily and quickly opened and 

 closed. 



The interior of large, permanent hog houses may be 

 arranged to suit the convenience of the owner. The par- 

 titions may be made permanent or removable. In this way 

 the house may be used either with individual pens for far- 

 rowing, or in the late spring or fall the partitions can be 

 removed to make it a feeding house. The individual owner 

 will find many things which will suit his own convenience 

 and wishes, and will use them to suit himself in his own 

 hog house. 



From an examination of the foregoing it is easily seen 

 that the unit cost may become rather high in providing hog- 

 raising equipment, and unless the farmer is careful the cost 

 will do away with the greater part or all of the possible 

 profits. It is very easy to put too much money into any 

 farm building, and the hog house is no exception. No one 

 can afford, for any purpose, a building so expensive that the 

 interest and depreciation will more than equal its value as a 

 shelter. Even for the farm on which hog raising is a highly 

 specialized business it is doubtful whether it is advisable to 

 make the cost per pen more than $50. In fact, half this 

 amount can be made to give an exceedingly efficient building. 



TYPES OF HOG HOUSES 



Several types of hog houses have been constructed and 

 used with varying degrees of success. Two general types 

 stand out rather prominently, however, and are recom- 

 mended by progressive hog raisers. These are the small 

 individual portable type, and the large centralized stationary 

 type with individual pens. The houses vary in design re- 

 sulting from the needs and ideas of the individuals building 

 them. The individual hog house, or cot, as it is sometimes 

 called, has but one pen. This usually accommodates a sow 

 and her litter. It has the special advantage of being readily 

 moved, thus making sanitation easy. The renter who finds 

 it impossible to provide expensive quarters for his hogs can 

 well afford to build portable houses since they can be held as 



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