306 BUILDINGS, SANITATION, AND DISEASES 
A SOUTHERN PIGGERY. 
Bulletin 150 of the Maryland Experiment Station gives plans 
for a piggery adapted to Southern conditions. Drawings and 
description of this piggery are given herewith. (Figs. 73, 74, 
75.) 
“ Fach pen is made up of three parts made by different levels 
of the floor. The central part is a manure pit which is ten inches 
lower than the rest of the floor. The south division of the pen is 
a feeding floor with a trough across the end while the north 
division is the sleeping floor or bed. The entire floor of the 
building is cement except the feed bins and the sleeping floor. 
“The frame is made of the following pieces: 
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“This frame is made heavy in order to support the slate 
roof. The floor in the beds is made of oak planks 2” by 12”. 
The partitions between pens, including the gates, are 1” by 214” 
slats 2’’ apart nailed on 2” by +” cross-pieces. Under each gate 
is a movable 2” by 12” oak plank as partition in manure pit. 
The sides of the building are made of a single thickness of 74” 
by 5” German or Novelty siding. The front is boarded up 
five feet above foundation and covered with inch-mesh wire 
from this height to the roof. The troughs are of iron. 
“Tt may be well to enumerate a few of the special points in 
construction and some of the advantages of this piggery : 
“Tt is faced to the south so as to permit the rays of the sun 
to shine upon the beds of the pigs at the extreme rear end of the 
pen in the winter season, and also (the slope of the roof is such 
as) to give shade in that portion in summer. 
“ The lattice construction between the pens, at the ends and 
rear, admits of a free circulation of air in warm weather. 
“ The location of the manure pit in the center and below the 
level of the sleeping and feeding floors with all drainage towards 
