THE PIG : TO RAISE AND USE HIM. 



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The Feu Finished. 



so slow that it would require two seasons for maturity 

 making the profits very doubtful. Pigs kept in a movable 

 pen on lucerne ate within seven pounds as much grain as 

 did those in a paddock covered with grass, but did not 

 make as good use of it. Exercise is necessary to increase 

 eating capacity, and probably digestion, that growth may 

 be both rapid and economical. 



A Natty Pen Arrangement. That some people have 

 an idea that pigs do all the better when they have 

 comfortable camping places, is made evident in the 



accompanying series 

 of illustrations. The 

 pen was built to 

 accommodate two 

 families a mother 

 and her young, and 

 a group of fatteuers. 

 The size is 20 feet 

 long by 1 o feet front- 

 age. The position of 

 the pen being in somewhat ornamental grounds, the 

 building is arranged in keeping with the surroundings. 

 The first sketch 

 shows the pen com- 

 plete. It is of hard- 

 wood timber framing, 

 covered with weather- 

 boards ; corrugated 

 iron roof, nicely 

 ornamented. The 

 second sketch shows 

 the framework. The 

 floor, and two feet up 

 the sides, is hard- 

 wood, 6 x 1 stuff. 

 A main feature of the pen is the feeding arrangement 

 shown in the third sketch. There is a trough shown 

 by the dotted lines a b, over which is a heavy swing 

 partition. The operation of this swinging arrangement is 

 teen in the first illustration where, on the lefthand side it is 



Framework of the Pou. 



