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Forty Years' Bxpebience of a Praotioai, Hog Man. 



float even with the finish boards. Concrete fills in cracks 

 between siding boards and effectually stops all draughts 

 and sifting in of snow in times of driving storm. Concrete 

 was used on the entire exterior except on south front above 

 the low roof, which was finished in shingles. The appear- 

 ance would have been improved if the shingles had been laid 

 irregularly. This low roof is quite flat and is consequently 

 covered with prepared roofing. It is important that this 

 roof be kept almost flat, so as to bring the upper large win- 

 dows as low down as possible to let the sunlight shine 

 directly into the back row of pens. Eemember to make am- 

 ple flashing where this low roof joins the shingle front 

 above ; otherwise any southerly storm will be in evidence in 

 your farrowing house. One more important feature of this 

 low roof : at the lower edge is a box gutter tinned in 6 inches 

 wide. At the west end it is 1 inch deep, and at the east end 



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4 inches. Down spouts should be boxed in and run into 

 tile. All this helps to keep the premises dry. Ordinary 

 gutters would be less sightly, less durable and interfere 

 with the sunlight at the east end of the lower row of win- 

 dows. The main roof is covered with shingles. 



"All posts are set on iron pins bedded in the concrete. 

 The comer posts are 6 feet and the 2-inch plate gives ample 

 room for a man to walk around without fear of bumping 

 his head. The pens are 10 feet 4 inches long by 8 feet wide, 

 and have a removable floor of inch boards made in two 

 halves each 10 feet by 4 feet. This does away with the chill 

 from the concrete and the tendency to rheumatic sows and 

 pigs. 



"The pens are separated by removable partitions (Fig. 

 4), which slide down between cleats on the posts. The par- 

 tition 2 feet 10 inches high, has a 2 by 4 inch guard rail on 



