HUG HOUSES AND TENS 



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feet wide, which is convenient for getting the sows into 

 ihcir pens. The walls of the house are douhle-boarded 

 with building paper between. Pens inside and out have 

 cement floors, and all partitions are so constructed that 

 they can be taken out — those inside can be hung up over- 

 iiead — and all the space converted into one big pen or 

 several pens, for fattening hogs, or otherwise, as desired. 

 There are 12 windows in the front (south) of the house, 

 each letting light and sunshine into two rooms. There 



AN INEXPENSIVE STYLE OF HOG HOUSE 



are four lots of i]^ acres each connecting with these 

 quarters each suitable to accommodate six sows when 

 tiieir pigs are small. 



The above illustration represents a very useful and at 

 the same time inexpensive house, 8 feet wide, which can 

 I)c extended to any length desired. If 16 feet long it 

 will accommodate ten grown hogs for fattening or two 

 or three not so large. Movable partitions can be placed 

 at such distances apart as suits, and an outside pen or 

 pens built at the rear. A cement floor is advantageous in 

 such a house ; the posts can stand on the cement, and no 

 other foundation is needed. Joists 2yi6 inches, spiked 

 to the posts, will take the place of sills. Board up and 

 down. 



