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ENGINEERING ON THE FARM 



a wood deck over the bed portion. Common wood floors in 

 a permanent hog house are not at all satisfactory, being 

 hard to clean and keep dry unless held up of! the ground. 

 When this is done, a harbor for rats is provided. 



The pens should be 6X8 to 8X8 feet. There should be 

 a guard rail around that part which is to be used as a bed. 

 Otherwise the small pigs may be squeezed to death. This 

 rail should be 8 inches above the floor and 8 inches from the 

 wall and be made of 2 X 4 lumber or gas pipe of the same 

 diameter as the pipe partitions. The rail should be sup- 

 ported horizontally from the partition and not vertically 

 from the floor. 



The feeding alley may be 5 to 8 feet in width, 6 feet being 

 recommended by several authorities. Feed bins should be 

 provided convenient to the feeding alley. In the cold 



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Fig. 270. Cross section of hog house with skylights. This roof 



should run north and south. 



sections it is usually found necessary to provide some heat 

 when pigs are to be dropped early. This is not so extrava- 

 gant an idea when the feeding of warmed or partially cooked 



