SHEEP, SWINE, AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 455 



{Fig. 90.) 



Having a fire liere, this is used for a work room in winter, and 

 all sorts of little odd jobs of mending, etc., are done in cold 

 weather. This heater is also very handy at butchering time. 

 P is the passage way, and S the stairs leading to the second 

 story. A^ a, a, a, are for feeding pens, each having an entrance 

 to yards, C, C, 0, C. These feeding pens have solid floors, of 

 matched boards and slant so that all the urine runs into the 

 yards. Each pen has two slide windows made of boards, one 

 opening into the yard, C, and the other at the end. 



The troughs which run along next the passage way are 

 square boxes of solid, seasoned, oak plank, with oblong holes 

 in the top for the pigs to eat through. This keeps each pig in 

 his place and prevents them getting their feet in the trough- 

 The feeding places at the corners are represented in the cut. 

 The side of the trough towards the passage way opens on 

 hinges for the purpose of cleaning. 



The yards outside the pen, represented by the light lines, were 

 dug out two feet, and a stout board fence built. Three feet of 

 peat were then filled in, and this is taken out each year and re- 

 thaced bv fresh. It is almost the best manure made on the 



