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HAEBIS ON THE PIG. 



be less likely to waste the food. The end pieces should 

 project about four inches beyond the edge of the trough, 

 as shown in fig. 47. This allows it to stand so firmly 

 that the pigs will not be likely to upset it. 



Before being used, the troughs and the swill tub should 

 be thoroughly saturated with petroleum. This will not 

 only preserve the wood, but do much to prevent it from 

 warping, and the pigs will not be so likely to gnaw holes 

 in the troughs. % 



The American Agriculturist gives the following plans 

 of pig troughs which allow the food to be distributed 

 along the trough from the outside: 



" The pens (fig. 48), being made of horizontal boards, 



Fig. 48. A CONVENIENT PIG THOUGH. 



nailed to posts about 6 feet apart, the troughs are accu- 

 rately fitted between two posts, so as to project a little 

 outside the boarding, and the board above the trough is 

 nailed on a little above it ; so that, when the edge is 

 chamfered off a little, any thing may be easily poured 

 into it throughout its whole length. This arrangement 

 admits of putting partitions, nailed to the pen above the 

 trough, and to the floor, dividing the trough into narrow 



