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'BUILDINGS, SANITATION, AND DISEASES 



over that part of the building used for farrowing pens and 

 feed room. 



Study Plans. It is, of course, impossible to give plans 

 which would likely meet all requirements, and possibly the 

 plan submitted could not be adopted in its entirety by many 



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FIG, 63. Plan of small piggery, d, door; w, window; p, low partition between bed an 

 feeding place; dl, doors which form part of partitions when in position, but which can be 

 swung back, shutting the pigs in the part occupied by the bed, when the pen is to be 

 cleaned, or pigs moved from one pen to another, or taken to the loading chute; md, door 

 through which manure is taken; Id, door leading to loading chute (a sliding door w hich 

 slides upwards put of the way would be convenient for closing this opening) ; e d, entrance 

 door. Dotted line shows line of drainage, and fall may be made towards whichever end is 

 most convenient. 



breeders. At the same time, the plan submitted possesses so 

 many excellent features that it is presented with the hope that 

 it will prove helpful to those interested in the housing of swine. 



It is suggested that students and breeders of swine draw 

 and study many plans before actually building. 



Plan of Small Piggery. (Fig. 63.) A good feature of 



