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Shelter. 



An important item is shelter, and this must be perfect and 

 very comfortable under foot. Clean, white sand is all right 

 for bedding until the weather gets cold, then add straw. 

 This shelter is best arranged along a fence. Allow the single 

 roof to pitch towards the fence, so the eaves water cannot 

 contribute towards making a mud hole under foot. This 

 shelter is very inexpensive, and is constructed by setting 

 good posts in the ground every ten feet, eight feet away from 

 the fence. Let the fence be the height for the plate on the 

 back side, and saw the posts off on the front line two feet 

 higher than the back. Spike on the plates, and fit in one 

 midway between the front and back so the roof will have a 

 good support in the middle. Almost every enterprising 

 farmer cuts some lumlier from his place during the winter, 

 and he Avould scarcely miss that used in this simple structure. 

 I like to have the l)oards good length, — eleven or twelve feet 

 is none too much, so there will be a good projection front and 

 back. Doul)le board, breaking joints carefully. As fast as 

 nailed on, paint with some colored paint, to your taste. Use 

 lead and oil, and you will be pleased at the nicely preserved 

 roof. Fifty hogs in a bunch is enough in this part of the 

 country, and all arrangements should be for accommodating 

 this number. A shelter seventy feet long will l)e satisfac- 

 tory. Do not let the material under foot become unsanitary, 

 and be sure to safeijuard ao'ainst disease. 



Something in the way of slop will be fed from day to day, 

 as such material accumulates about the place, and so troughs 

 must be provided. These can be preferably of cast iron, 

 though good ones can be made of two-inch plank. Make a 

 platform some sixty feet long and eight feet wide flat on 

 the gi-ound, as level as possible, of two-inch plank, leaving 

 an inch space between each plank, and fasten the row of 

 troughs along the middle ; this will last for years if covered 

 with some two feet of old hay every fall, after the hogs have 

 been disposed of. Do not feel obUged to feed these hogs 

 unless convenient, and you have the ofial to dispose of. 



