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BUILDINGS, SANITATION, AND DISEASES 



be provided when it is necessary to move the pen. In very 

 cold weather, a lighted lantern hung in the pen will make it 

 quite comfortable for new-born pigs. By the time the pigs 

 are twenty-four hours old, the pen will need no artificial heat. 



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FIG. 84. End view of farrowing pen. 



A pen such as this will be found much safer for winter litters 

 than a large building where other pigs are kept. 



The various plans which have been submitted are capable 

 of many modifications, and the man gifted with a little in- 

 genuity may be able to improve upon them so far as his con- 

 ditions are concerned. They are presented in the hope that 



