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strong sandstone flags. The two near sheds are provided 

 with doors, to keep them warm in cold weather, and with 

 iron doors, fifteen inches square, set in the outer wall, for 

 ventilation in hot weather. A joist is set on three sides, 

 one foot from the wall, and one foot from the floor, to 



Fig. 44. GROUND PLAN OP TATTENHALL PIGGERY. 



prevent mothers from overlaying their young. The c out- 

 lets,' or yards, are too small ; but we were cramped for 

 space. The drains to all the liquid manure-tanks are 

 trapped. 



" ' Whey,' says Mr. Jackson, c forms the staple food of 

 my pigs, the fatting ones getting a portion of Indian 



