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HARRIS ON THE PIG. 



Paschal Morris, of Philadelphia, an extensive breeder 

 of Chester Whites, describes his plan of ^a piggery as 

 follows : 



" The plan of the piggery, delineated in the accompany- 

 ing engraving, (fig. 32) is susceptible of reduction or exten- 

 sion, for a larger or smaller number of pigs, and is intended 

 to supersede the not only useless, but objectionable, as well 



Fig. 33. PASCHAL MORRIS' PIGGERY. ELEVATION. 



as expensive, mode of constructing large buildings under 

 one roof, where confined and impure air, as well as the 

 difficulty of keeping clean, interfere greatly with both 

 health and thrift. Twenty-five or thirty breeding sows, 

 farrowing at different periods of the year, can be accom- 

 modated under this system of separate pens, by bringing 

 them successively within the enclosure, or an equal num- 



