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SWINE IN AMERICA 



9 feet 4 inches. In the middle pen and close to the gate 

 is a hydrant for the supply of water to the entire build- 

 ing. This hydrant is fed from a windmill tank which 

 also supplies the house and the feed lots with water. The 

 entire building has a cement floor, with a gentle slope 

 from side wall to center and from north and south end, 

 so that the entire house may be washed out with the aid 

 of the hose, and the w-aste water will flow to the sink hole 

 and thence away. 



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GROUND PLAN AND EXTERIOR OF AN INDIANA HOG HOUSE 

 AND PENS 



Tlic illustration above shows a house and pens for 

 brood sows found satisfactory by an Indiana breeder 

 tluring several years of use. The house fronts south, is 120 

 feet long, 8 feet deep, 8 feet high at the front and slopes 

 to 3'/2 feet in the rear. It contains 24 pens 5 by 8 feet, and 

 to the rear are 24 outside pens 5 by 10 feet. Each room 

 has a rea^ door for letting the sow into her outside pen, 

 and each outside pen has a gate opening into a lane 10 



