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manure, must always be borne in mind, and all things no arranged 

 that none of it shall be wasted. 



The door of each sty ought to be so hung that it will open inwards 

 or outwards, so as to give the animals free ingress and egress ; and 

 to do this it should be hung across from side to side, and the animal 

 push it up to effect its entry or exit ; for if it were hung in the usual 

 way it would derange the litter every time it opened inwards, and 

 be very liable to hitch. If it is not intended that the pigs shall leave 

 their sty, there should be an upper and lower door, the former of 

 which should always be left open when the weather is warm and 

 dry, while the latter will serve to confine the animal. 



There should also be windows or slides which can be opened 01 

 closed at will, to give admission to the fresh air, or exclude rain ol 

 cold. 



Mr. Henderson's description of his styes is more lucid and practical 

 than mere vague directions, we will therefore give it in his owr 

 words : " The plan which I recommend is as follows. Have a hous<\ 

 thirty feet by fifteen, with four doors all opening outwards, and three 

 partition walls through the house, viz., a wall between each of the. 

 doors, dividing the house into four compartments. The two middle 

 ones I use for eating-rooms, and the others for sleeping-apartments, 

 having an inner door between each eating and sleeping-apartment. 

 By this plan the keeper is enabled to get the eating-chambers swept 

 out, the troughs cleaned, and the food put into them without dis- 

 turbing the swine or being disturbed by them. There should be a 

 division wall having a door in it through each sleeping-apartment j 

 in the hinder part should be the litter ; and the front and srnallei 

 compartment, through which the animals must pass to get to their 

 food, may be used by them as a kind of necessary, for these animals 

 will never defile their beds if they can avoid it. 



" The following is the most convenient manger for their food. Let 

 it be as long as the house is wide, and fixed against the middle wall ; 

 in form similar to a horse manger, but not so deep, and it must be 

 divided into twelve divisions by partition boards four feet in length 

 or height, and a little broader than the manger is wide ; thus a num- 

 ber will feed as well and as quietly together as two or three. Be- 

 fore every meal the trough should be well washed and the place swept, 

 and once in the day a little fresh litter placed in the sleeping-cham- 

 bers. Each of these sleeping and eating-rooms may be temporarily 

 divided into two, should it be requisite. The sleeping-rooms should 

 be dark, as animals fatten much more rapidly when they lie down 

 and sleep after each meal than they do when they wander about. 

 There should be a square yard to each piggery, well paved and 

 drained, as should the styes also be ; and where it is possible, an 

 enclosure or a small piece of ground adjoining is exceedingly useful, 

 " Those who have space to admit of it will find it advantageous to 



