HOG 



A SERVICEABLE HOG HOUSE 



The building shown in Figs. 13 and 14 is described in 

 Farmers' Bulletin 438, issued by the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. Extracts from that bulletin in reference to 

 this hog house are as follows : 



"Figures 13 and 14 represent a house built by one of the 

 most prominent Duroc breeders after careful study. It is a 

 most serviceable structure and one of the best the writer has 

 ever seen. It is one of the few hog houses that have proved 

 so satisfactory that the owners are willing to duplicate them. 

 This house has been copied by a number of farmers in the 

 vicinity, some of whom, however, have made the mistake of 

 building a longer house and not making provision for out- 

 side pens for the extra inside pens. 



"The walls are sheathed, papered, and sided. The roof 

 is shingled. The outside floors on the east, west, and south 

 are 6 feet wide. This house is 22 x 36 feet and contains ten 

 pens. It was built north of Omaha in 1905 and cost, com- 

 plete, including labor, $275, or $27.50 a pen. This includes 

 the outside floor and pens. 



"The gates across the alley all lift off their hinges so 

 they can be removed or replaced in a moment. This arrange- 

 ment makes it very convenient in sorting hogs to change 

 them from one pen to another or to make extra pens when 

 crowded. When swung across the alley the free ends of the 

 gates fasten with common house-door bolts. By putting 

 these on so the knobs turn up instead of down, the owner 

 finds that hogs cannot open them. If the knobs turned down 

 the hogs could open them readily. The fronts of the pens 

 next the alley are all loose panels which lift out. In this 

 way the whole house can be made into one large room in a 

 few minutes, nothing but the pen partitions being left in 

 place. 



"The inside pens are 7x8 feet, except the middle one on 

 each side, which is 8x8 feet. (The pens are irregular in 

 width because the lumber cut this way to better advantage.) 

 The hog doors are 22y 2 x 31 inches in the clear. The large 

 doors are 3x6 feet, divided in the middle. The upper win- 



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