462 SWINE iX AMERICA 



"In this sketch, B represents the house, A the small 

 pens on the outside adjacent to the pens on the inside, 

 and V and Z the boar pens mentioned. L represents a 

 small pasture that may be used for a boar or any other 

 hog or pigs. D is the lane by which the hog house is 

 approached. E and F are lanes leading from each side 

 of the hog house to the pastures. H represents the pas- 

 tures for the hogs that have access to the north side of 

 the building, and J the pastures for those on the soutli 

 side. This arrangement is not absolute, but may he made 

 to suit the location or the fancy of the builder." 



A WISCONSIN COMBINATION HOUSE 



A plan for a house 24 feet wide, 48 feet long, any 

 height desired, useful a part of the year for other pur- 

 poses than hogs, if needed, is given (in the next sketch) 

 by Prof. J. G. Fuller, in Wisconsin experiment station 

 Bulletin No. 153. As he suggests, it can be used entirely 

 for hogs and kept divided into pens, or part of it can 

 be used for other purposes, sucli as stabling cattle or 

 sheep, or for storing machinery. If desirable to feed 

 cattle when the building is not required for hogs, the 

 partitions can be removed and leave an ideal place to 

 shelter cattle and hogs. Later on. it can be cleaned out 

 for farrowing time and the partitions let down as needed. 

 "In explaining this house no mention is made of feeding 

 troughs, it being presumed that small troughs would be 

 used for individual pens, and feeding floors provided 

 for general use on the outside. It is generally desirable 

 to provide room for fodder and bedding above, especially 



