FARM IMPLEMENTS AND BUILDIXGS. 



cover with ten-inch boards and two and a half 

 battens, same as on the barn. It is important for 

 the health of the sheep that they receive plenty of 

 light. See Plan 55. 



The ventilation for the sheep house is just as im- 

 portant as that for horses and cattle, and should be 

 on the same principle. Sheep manure should not be 

 allowed to accumulate in the pen. The gas from it 

 is ver\' iniurious to the health of the animals. 



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Ventilation. 



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38. FEED RACK. 



Piggery. 



Not the least important of the farm buildings is Pigs in Con- 

 the pigger}-. The number of pigs that can be S^u^'!"* "^^ 

 profitably kept on a farm depends on circumstances. 

 Pigs are more profitably fed in conjunction with a 

 dairy. They make greater gain and give a better 

 quaUty of pork when fed skim milk along with 

 middUngs and other foods. 



In deciding on the size of a building for a pigger\', size of Piggery, 

 ►estimate four or five feeding pigs to consume the by- 

 -products of each cow, say forty-five feeding pigs for 

 ten cows {see Elevation jp), and for space estimate 

 pwenty square feet for each pig weighing from one 

 mndred to two hundred pounds each. A pen eight 

 )y ten feet — that is, eighty square feet — is sufl&dent 

 for four pigs not exceeding two hundred pounds 

 ich 

 While the pig is by many considered a filthy a Clean 

 [animal, yet, when proper pro\dsion is made, there is 



