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ings on the north side of the building are criticised severely by 

 some as being highly undesirable. On the other hand, the 

 principal redeeming feature of this type of house is that the 

 windows may be placed so as to do the most good. 



The half-monitor roof is usually built about 24 or 30 feet 

 wide. It is desirable that the alley-way be 8 feet wide, to 

 permit a team and wagon to be driven through the house when 

 desired. The pens at either side may be from 8 to 12 feet 



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Fig. 267. A cross section of a hog house with half monitor roof. This 

 is located so as to extend east and west. 



deep and about 8 feet wide. Fig. 267 shows a cross-section 

 of a house with the windows well arranged. 



A cross-section of a gable-roof hog house is shown in Fig. 

 278. The sunlight enters the east windows early in the morn- 

 ing and travels across the floor, as the sun rises higher, until 

 nearly noon, when it is excluded until it begins to shine in 

 through the west windows. It is to be noticed that this type 

 of house uses less material than the first, owing to the fact that 

 there is not so much space in the upper part of the house. 



