HUG HOUSES AND TENS 



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from the body of a sow weighing 400 pounds would raise 

 it to 26 degrees above, inside. We found, further, that, 

 by going into the house with a common lantern, we 

 could raise the temperature ten degrees." 



On page 486 is shown a house especially adapted to ac- 

 commodate a farrowing sow and her young pigs. In 



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YARD PLAN FOR PORTABLE HOG HOUSES IN CONNECTION 

 WITH PASTURE OR FEED LOTS 



pleasant weather the doors can be left open. If stormv 

 or cold, the larger door can Ije closed, and with the 

 smaller one open, the animals may still be comfortable. 

 The next sketch, from Wisconsin bulletin No. 153, 

 illustrates a plan in which the small hog houses can be 

 made of much practical value to the ordinary farmer in 

 providing shelter for the herd. By locating these houses 

 adjacent to the main farm barn yards, says Professor 

 Fuller, the animals have freedom for exercise and ex- 

 elusive shelter from the other farm stock. Six to eight 



