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troughs, a track through the hallway, etc. Any one 

 contemplating building a pen of this character should 

 first see this or similar buildings. 



The trough in the model piggery should be so man- 

 aged that the hogs have no access to the trough into 

 which the swill is being poured. This can be managed 

 in several ways ; perhaps the best arrangement is to 

 have the swinging partition, as shown in the piggery on 

 page 50. This door, which extends the whole width of 

 the trough, is hinged at the upper side, allowing it to 

 swing backward and forward over the trough. A 

 heavy bolt about three feet long, with a handle on the 

 upper end, drops down against the inner side of the 

 trough when the door is pushed in, thus holding the 

 door in place and keeping the pigs away from the trough 

 when it is being filled. A sensible plan where hogs 

 crowd and push is to provide the 

 trough with partitions so that each 

 hog has a stall, as shown in the 

 illustration. When sows are kept 

 in separate pastures and the num- 

 ber is large, as it sometimes is in the 

 hog raising districts, the manner of 

 getting the food to them with the least possible labor 

 is a question worth considering. It is sometimes car- 

 ried in buckets, or by a barrel provided with wheels 

 and handles which can be wheeled from place to place 

 as desired. 



The most satisfactory way in which I have ever 

 conveyed swill to hogs in large quantities is with a 

 horse and a low sled. If you will try this once I do not 

 believe you will ever again carry a bucket or wheel a 



