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itself. Many of the sheds are very roughly put to- 

 gether — too roughly, we think, for the purpose. As a 

 rule the pens are simply made of laths all round, and 

 sometimes the most primitive fixtures are employed. 

 During the slack season of the year labour is generally 

 utilised for making pens. We show here an illustra- 

 tion (Fig. 5) of a better built and well-made pen, 

 which will give an idea of their arrangement. The 



Fig. 5. — Calway'b Fattening Pes. 



pens are about 18 inches high, 20 to 24 inches deep 

 from Ijack to front, and about 36 inches in length, that 

 is, for one compartment, but in many cases the cages 

 are made much longer, and divided into lengths about 

 the size given. In the great majority of instances the 

 entire cage is made of wooden bars, but at one place 

 we have seen iron bars used at the top and in front of 

 the cage. To each compartment is given a sliding 



