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door, J, leading" to the outside from this room. H 

 shows tiie hydrant, from which water is obtained for 

 mixing slops, watering hog'S, and for attaching the hose 

 to sprinkle the floors. E shows the stove that is used for 

 lieating water in winter for mixing slops. 



"G shows the office, and C the bins in which the feed 

 is stored, as it is hauled to the hog house. The open- 

 ing to these feed bins is from the main alley of the hog 

 liouse, from which they are filled directly from the 

 wagon as the feed is brought in. The feed is then taken 

 out in smaller quantities as needed and put into the small 

 bins in the mixing room from which it is weighed out to 

 the pigs at feeding time. 



"B shows an alley which leads through the door, T, 

 to the yard, V. on the outside. Opposite this is the yard 

 Z. These two yards are not connected with pens on the 

 inside of the building, but are used as l^oar pens and are 

 supplied with separate cots and feed troughs on the out- 

 side. The rest of the pens on the outside, shown as A, 

 are of the same width as the pens inside, and 28 feet 

 long. They are connected with the pens on the inside by 

 means of the doors above mentioned, the outer end open- 

 ing to the lane which leads to the pastures. The parti- 

 tions between these pens on the outside are made of two 

 lengths of common fencing, one 16 feet and the other 12 

 feet long. The 12-foot length is next to the building and 

 may be made into a gate so that it will swing. By open- 

 ing all these gates and swinging them one way, and 

 away from the building, an alley is made along the out- 

 side of the building in case it is not desirable to use the 

 alley in the building for taking out the manure. But 



