CHAPTER II 



A COMPLETE SWINE HOUSE 



Where one is raising hogs on a large scale and does not have to 

 skimp for money to build proper buildings, the building known 

 as the Myers plan, Plate I, is probably the most convenient swine 

 house, with pasture and house attached, that could be built. The 

 swine house proper is built in a circle 87 ft. in diameter with 20 

 pens around the outer circle, each pen being 13 ft. front by 12 ft. 

 in depth and each opening to a one-half acre pasture, as shown in 

 ground plan of building and pastures, Plate II, with the sleeping 

 house at rear end of each lot, with additional larger pastures open- 

 ing out from each of these half-acre ones. You will notice also 



PLATE I. Myers Plan Hog House 



by the ground plan that each half-acre lot has artificial shade 

 along the fence between each two lots, thus accommodating the 

 pigs in each yard. 



The house, proper, which stands in the center of the circle, is 30 

 ft. in diameter, with feed bins around the circle, Plate IV. This part 

 should be made with all concrete floor. You will notice an alley 

 out each side of this feed house. Inside is located a hydrant or 

 pump with a drain which runs to a sewer. A steel overhead track 

 with carrier should be used in this building to carry the feed out 

 to the cement walk around the front of the feeding pens, thus 

 making a very convenient way of feeding, requiring no heavy 

 lifting to feed in a trough, as shown in the side view. These 



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