158 HARRIS ON THE TIG. 



is novel in arrangement, but as one that combines many 

 advantages 



" 1st. Complete separation, as well as easy communica- 

 lion between each pen, as well as to outside from each. 



" 2d. Avoiding close and confined air, and admitting of 

 extension or alteration for a large or small number of pigs. 



" 3d. Facilities for keeping clean and receiving refuse 

 vegetables and weeds, etc., for conversion into manure, 

 and also for loading from each pen into a cart, passing 

 along outside. 



" 4th. Cheapness. With the exception of the main 

 building, all the rest can easily be erected by an intelli- 

 gent farm hand." 



The illustrations (figs. 84, 35 and 36) were engraved for 

 the American Agriculturist, from plans forwarded by Mr. 

 Roseburgh, of Amboy, 111. They were designed and con- 

 structed for use on his own premises, and have, there- 

 fore, the merit of being the production of a practical man. 



Fig. 34 represents the elevation. The main building is 

 22 by 50 feet, and the wing 12 by 16 feet. It is supplied 

 with light and air by windows in front, ventilators on the 

 roof, and by hanging doors or shutters in the upper part 

 of the siding, at the rear of each stall or apartment these 

 last are not shown in the engraving. 



Fig. 35 shows the ground plan. The main building has 

 a hall, jET, 6 feet wide, running the entire length. This is 

 for convenience of feeding, and for hanging dressed hogs 

 at the time of slaughtering. The remainder of the space 

 is divided by partitions into apartments, A,B, for the feed- 

 ing and sleeping accommodation of the porkers ; these 

 are each 8x16 feet. The rear division of each apartment, 

 B, B^ is intended for the manure yard: Each apartment 

 has a door, D, D, to facilitate the removal of manure, and 

 also to allow ingress to the swine when introduced to the 

 pen. The floors of each two adjoining divisions are in- 

 clined toward each other, so that the liquid excrements 



