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HAERTS ON THE PIG. 



tion. Swine can be easily changed from, one pen to 

 another, by shutting out others in the yard, or front pen. 

 The upper story is for storing feed, or bedding, etc." 



The writer's pig pens are of a very simple kind, put up 

 by an ordinary farm hand, as a temporary arrangement, 



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Fig. 30. PIGGERY AT THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 

 GROUND PLAN. 



but, as they are found to answer a very good purpose, in 

 the absence of anything better, we give a description of 

 them. 



The old pig pen, which we found on the farm, was 

 placed on one corner of the barn-yard, selected, apparent- 

 ly, because it was the lowest and wettest hole about the 

 premises. The bottom was laid with plank, to keep the 

 pigs out of the water. This was very well ; but the mo- 

 ment the pigs stepped out of the pen, they plunged, into 



