HOG HOUSES AND PENS 



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"Probably the chief objection to this structure is the ex- 

 pense of material and cost of construction. It contains 

 160 feet of stock lumber, 60 feet matched, 20 feet four- 

 by-six, 12 feet four-by-four, and 44 feet two-by-four, 

 and required two days' labor in construction.'' 



An Ohio breeder, writing of his experience in the con- 

 struction and use of the individual hoe- house or cot, 



AN INDIVIDUAL HOG HOUSE PROTECTED IN COLD 

 WEATHER 



says: "A small house, easily handled, large enough for 

 one sow when she farrows, or for several shotes ov 

 feeders, according to size, is much better than a large 

 permanent house. When a sow farrows in zero weather, 

 we cover the house with straw or fodder to make it abso- 

 lutely safe against the frost and cold that destroy young- 

 pigs so quickly. The best door, when one is needed, is 

 a gunny sack, or something of that kind, fastened above 

 the doorway, and allowed to hang over it. It is only in 



