Fairly Good Pen 



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the pigs or for other purposes. When the lot 

 became fertilized from the droppings of the 

 animals and the grass injured, it should be 

 plowed, cropped and seeded, the animals being 

 pastured meantime in the other field. 



Cheap but somewhat more elaborate pens 

 are shown in Fig. 127. These may be built 



Fig. 127. Pig pens. At the left is shown a vertical section, \sith the roof 

 over the rear. Yard on the right. 



in detached- pairs, or several pens may be 

 placed in juxtaposition. Each pen, including 

 the small outside yard and feeding floor, both 

 unroofed, is 16 x 16 feet. The part roofed is 

 8x8 feet. After the pigs have attained some 

 size, all doors are opened and the entire herd 

 may be grazed in one field. 



A better but more expensive piggery. Figs. 

 128 and 129, shows five pens, though the plan 

 lends itself to a greater or lesser number. The 



