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Forty Years' Experiexce of a Practical Hog Max 



They throw the sunlight down into the back row of pens in- 

 stead of up a.i^ainst the roof, as woukl a smaller window. 

 The lower windows are double windows, with single sash 

 2 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 8 inches, and four panes 1 2 by 14 

 inches. These sash are hung at side about center, so the top 

 will swing in and the bottom out. When they are oj^en you 

 will notice the fresh air comes in at the top and you have 

 ventilation and abundance of fresh air without any direct 

 draught on the pigs. 



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"At the west end and the outside of the farrowing house- 

 proper, but connected with it by sliding doors located just 

 under the lower west window, is the life-saving- station in 

 the winter pig business — tlie sun room. Here warm sun- 

 shine and fresh air makes the youngsters happy enough to 

 SCI ap, and so they doze and get their exercise by turns for 

 an hour or nioic until warm lunch is sc^rved by mamma in 

 her own apartment. Then a little "beauty sleep" and out- 

 doors they go, racmg around their lot like the lusty young- 

 sters they are. 



"The little sun room shown in Fig. 5 is invaluable. The 

 glass part is vev}- cheap. In the front are four barn sash 

 of three lights each 10 ))y 16 inches; top glass is lapped 

 hothouse fashion ; floor dimensions are 1"2 by 3 feet. We 

 get a warm floor by laying up a brick wall a few inchc^s high 

 and filling in with sand and laying a board floor on the 

 sand. ' ' 



