FARM STRUCTURES 



THE LARGE OR CONCENTRATED HOG HOUSE 



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Large hog houses, as distinguished from the colony house, 

 vary largely in the arrangement of the windows, or the natural 

 lighting. The value of direct sunlight in the hog house is 

 generally appreciated. 



Construction. Houses are usually located so as to extend 

 east and west, and when so located should have the half- 

 monitor or saw-tooth type of roof. The windows of this type 

 are so arranged that those in the lower row permit the sun 

 to shine into the first row of pens, and the upper row into 

 the row of pens on the north side of the building. Hog 



Fig. 266. A floor plan of a large hog house. 



houses built to extend north and south usually have gable 

 roofs, and a row of windows on each side. 



There is much difference of opinion in regard to the rela- 

 tive merits of these two types of roofs. It is safe to say that 

 either will prove entirely satisfactory when properly con- 

 structed. 



The half-monitor roof requires more material than the 

 gable-roof house. The upper part of the building is solely 

 for the purpose of letting sunlight into the back pens. Such 

 construction prevents the proper control of the temperature, 

 as there is a large pocket above into which the warm air may 

 lodge. The back rows of pens with this construction are 

 shaded more or less throughout the entire year. The open- 



