Livestock for the Garden Home 261 



ago Dr. A. M. Ranck devised an odorless pigpen which 

 received the hearty commendation of the Department of 

 Agriculture during the War, when the movement for 

 home production was at its height. The odorless pig- 

 pen was fitted with a 6x6 ft. concrete floor inside, with 

 an outside concrete feeding floor of the same dimensions. 

 The pen was thoroughly screened with mosquito and 

 fly-proof wire. To the feeding floor connected a tile 

 drain to carry off the refuse, this drain being also con- 

 nected to the bottom of a large wallowing basin to be 

 filled with pure water for the pig's bath. A wooden 

 plug of about 6 inches in diameter was used to stop the 

 outlet in the bottom of this basin; the water-trough 

 at the right of the door inside the pen, being sunk into 

 the concrete floor. A door was constructed in the out- 

 side pen so that dirt and refuse could be thrown out 

 with a small shovel. 



The pen was so arranged that it could be flushed out 

 every day from an inside tap to which a hose was 

 attached; though buckets of water could be used if 

 there were no hose connections. Ventilation was pro- 

 vided by three doors, opening South, East and West. 

 The house was located within 30 yards of the ba'ck of 

 the residence, for convenience in carrying the kitchen 

 waste to the pigs. 



The cost of the house was as follows : 



Lumber $15.00 



15 sacks of cement 9.00 



2 sq. yds. gravel 4.00 



1 sq. yd. sand 2.00 



Hardware 1.50 



Labor 20.10 



$51.60 



