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of the house for the brood sows, which house 
must now be described. 
It was a low building, 150 by 80 feet, divided 
by a six-foot alley-way into halves, each 150 by 
12 feet. Each of these halves was again divided 
into fifteen pens 10 by 12 feet, with a 10 by 30 
run for each pen. This was the general plan for 
the brood-house for thirty sows. At the east end 
of this house was a room 15 by 30 feet for cook- 
ing food and storing supplies for a few days. 
The building was of wood with plank floors. 
It stands there yet, and has answered its pur- 
‘pose; but it was never quite satisfactory. I 
wanted cement floors and a more sightly build- 
ing. I shall probably replace it next year. 
When it was built the weather was unfavorable 
for laying cement, and I did not wish to wait 
for a more clement season. The house and the 
fences for the runs cost $2100. 
On the 6th of March Thompson called me to 
one of the temporary pens and showed me a 
family of the prettiest new-born animals in the 
world, —a fine litter of no less than nine new- 
farrowed pigs. I felt that the fourth industry 
was fairly launched, and that we could now work 
and wait. 
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