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gentle slope from the wall, and the old hole, where the 

 former pig pen stood, was raised in the same way. This 

 gave us a dry foundation. As we have said, the wall was 

 built 6 feet high, but, by the time we had scraped out the 

 basin, and put the dirt on the side of the wall, we had 

 raised the land 18 inches, or 2 feet. In other words, the 

 land on the east side, towards the barn-yard, was nearly 

 2 feet higher than on the opposite side of the wall. The 

 tmderdrain alluded to, runs along the side of the wall, on 

 the west side, outside the barn-yard, and now, instead of 

 needing India rubber boots, we can walk around in slippers. 



On the top of the wall, a stick of timber was placed, 

 and we proceeded to put up a common shed, with roof 

 boards, 14 feet long, and battened in the ordinary way. 

 Of course the roof slopes towards the wall, so as to carry 

 the water outside of the barn-yard, where it soaks through 

 the soil to the underdrain. This shed is divided off into 

 pig pens, as shown in the diagram, figure 31, 



The pens are 12 feet deep, and 16 feet wide. (It would 

 have been better to have had the roof boards 16 feet long 

 instead of 14 feet, as it would have added very little to 

 the expense, and would have given us pens 14 feet deep.) 

 Between each two pens is an alley, 3 feet wide, boarded 

 up on each side about 3 feet high. The pig trough is 

 placed along-side these partitions, and the food is poured 

 into it from the alley. 



Each pen is divided off into two parts one for sleeping, 

 and the other for feeding. The sleeping apartment is 

 boarded up tight, with a sliding door, against the wall. 

 One of the boards that forms the partition between the 

 feeding and sleeping apartment is hung on hinges, so that 

 it can be opened or shut, according to the weather. It is 

 fastened by a common wooden button. One of the boards 

 which form the outside of the pen is hung in the same 

 way. This is very important, as it enables us to give an 

 abundance of fresh air in warm weather, and we can close 



