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none more cleanly. In summer there is no difficulty 

 in keeping the pens clean when the pigs have an 

 outside yard, but in winter, when they must be kept 

 inside where it is dry and warm, care and attention 

 are necessary. 



While other animals are protected against the Pigs Require 

 cold with a coat of hair or wool, the pig has almost Protection, 

 no covering. For that reason it requires special 

 protection in order to get the best returns for the 

 food consumed. The doors leading to the outside 

 yards must therefore be closed in winter. 



It is necessary at the back of pens to have a Gutters inside, 

 gutter, which should be three feet wide and three 

 inches deep. It is advisable to have the entire floor 

 of the piggery made of cement, the beds raised two 

 or three inches and covered with two-inch plank for 

 protection against cold and dampness. The beds 

 should have a three-inch scantling nailed on the 

 edge to keep in bedding. The two seven-feet pens 

 for brood sows (see Ground Plan 40) should be 

 covered entirely with plank; also have a plank 

 eight inches wide nailed to sides horizontally eight 

 inches from the floor, to prevent the sow lying on 

 her young pigs. 



It is important that a piggery should be con- 

 structed so as to be both dry and warm in winter. A 

 wooden building on a stone or cement foundation is 

 considered the most satisfactory. The building 

 should be double sheeted on the outside, with tar- 

 paper between, also sheeted on the inside up to the 

 ceiling. The posts may be twelve feet high from 

 the foundation, which is level with the floor, viz., 

 eight feet to the ceiling and four feet above. For 

 the health of the animals it is necessary to let in all 

 the light possible. See Elevation 39. The size of 

 building given in plan is thirty-two feet wide by 



Wooden Build- 

 ing on Stone or 

 Cement 

 Foundation. 



