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a sharp peaked roof. The runners should be made of 

 two-inch plank, eight feet long and two inches wide, 

 with holes for a chain in each front end, set four feet 

 apart and fastened together at the back with a piece 

 two by three, four feet long. This home will make am- 

 ple room for a sow and her litter and can be placed 

 where convenient, facing the south. It will also ac- 

 commodate three good-sized sows before farrowing 

 and keep them comfortable. Around the sides of this 

 home, or any other pen used by a farrowing sow, 

 should be fastened a strip nine inches wide and nine 

 inches from the floor as a protection for the little pigs. 

 This arrangement will prevent them being crushed 

 when the sow lies clown, as they can escape under this 

 slat and crawl out at either end. 



Another rather more pretentious western farrow- 

 ing pen, as here shown, comes to me from Ohio. It is 

 six by seven feet, built on three two 

 by three oak scantling and is six feet 

 high in front and two at the rear, giv- 

 ing the roof a steep pitch. Grooved 

 pine boards are best for sides and ends, with a door 

 two and one-half feet wide. Place the shelter so that 

 the door will face the south. Put a clevis in the middle 

 runner so that the pen can be moved. Block the run- 

 ners up so that they will not rot off. Keep the doors 

 closed a few days after the pigs are farrowed, accord- 

 ing to the weather. 



A convenient portable pen 

 for a small pig and well suited '*$&&& 

 for getting the pig out of doors '* " ** 

 on a village place is shown herewith. It has no bottom. 



