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.) 



" Each 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 : 



Sills 6" X 6" Plates 4" X 6" 



Main posts 6" X 6" Purlines 2" X 8" 



Intermediate posts 3" X 4" Rafters 2" X 6" 



Braces 3" X 4" Joists 4" X 6" 



" 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 2^2" 

 slats 2" apart nailed on 2" by 4" 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 ]/?," 

 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. 



" It may be well to enumerate a few of the special points in 

 construction and some of the advantages of this piggery : 



" It 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 



