A Healthy Forest Shelter 811 



%-iiicli matched and beaded hard pme ; the 

 floor of any light wood X-mch or %-inch, 

 matched, but not beaded. 



PIGGERIES 



A piggery of any considerable size is the 

 most difficult to plan of all farm structures. 

 One of two methods may be adopted in the 

 East with fairly satisfactory results. If there 

 are woods and some pasture land adjoining or 

 near to the barns, cheap separate pens (Fig. 

 126), one for each brood animal, may be built 

 near the border of the wood or on the edge 

 of it. There need be little more than a slanting 



Fig. 126. Temporary shelter for a brood sow. 



roof, with the triangular corners at the ends 

 boarded to keep out the wind. The earth 

 forms a most comfortable bed if kept dry and 

 covered thinly with leaves or straw. Of course, 

 these pens are not suitable for brood animals 



