PIGGEBIES AND PIG PENS. 



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ber of hogs can be fattened, without crowding or interfer- 

 ence with each other. 



" The entrance, as seen in the engraving, is on the north 

 side of the building, which fronts the south, as does also 

 each separate pen. The main building is 32 feet long, by 

 12 feet wide, with an entrance gate, at each lower corner, 

 to the yard of two first divisions. The entry, or room, 

 in the center, is 8 feet wide, allowing space for slop bar- 

 rel, feed chest, charcoal barrel, (almost as indispensable as 

 feed chest,) hatchway, for access to root cellar, underneath 

 the whole building, and also passage-way to second story. 

 This latter is used for storing corn in winter, and curing 



Fig. 33. PASCHAL MORRIS' PIGGERY. GROUND 



some varieties of seeds in summer. A wooden spout, 

 with sliding valve, conveys feed to the chest below. The 

 grain is hoisted to the second floor by a pulley and tackle 

 on the outside, as observed in engraving. 



"The perspective of main building allows a partial view 

 of platforms, surmounted by a board roof, and divisions 

 in the rear. The ground plan, fig. 33, allows six of these on 

 either side of the passage-way. The first two pens, to the 

 right and left of the door, are 12 x 12 feet each, and at- 

 tached to them are 25 feet in length of yard, by 15 feet 

 wide. 



"All the yards are extended 3 feet wider than the 

 building, which admits of the two entrance gates at the 

 corners. 



