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have built them, each having its advantages and disadvantages. 
When properly constructed, the large hog-house is serviceable, 
sanitary, and convenient; but, if properly constructed, they are 
expensive, especially since they are only used a part of the year. 
It is difficult to locate them accessibly to the pastures, particularly 
in case sown pastures are used, which are likely to be on various 
parts of the farm. Furthermore, when many sows are housed 
in close proximity to each other, if one is disturbed or molested 
in any way, all the others are likely to become fretful; and when 
feeding is begun in one part of the house the other animals become 
uneasy and often injure their litters. 
485. The individual hog-house.— Of late years the small 
individual hog-house has become very common. These small 
houses are constructed on 
runners so they can be moved 
from one field or lot to 
another. They are well 
adapted to accommodate a 
sow and her litter, and a few 
of these “‘ cots,’’ as they are 
often called, set side by side 
afford excellent shelter for a 
drove of hogs. The Wiscon- 
sin Agricultural Experiment 
Station has issued a bul- 
Fic. 120. — The individual hog-house. _ letin devoted chiefly to the 
construction of these small 
houses, and from which we quote: “The portable hog-house is 
easily and economically constructed ; it can be easily moved and 
located wherever desired ; it is useful to the general farmer and to 
the breeder of pure-bred stock ; and of all systems of housing swine 
it is the most natural and sanitary. Only the simplest workman- 
ship is necessary to build the portable house, and much old lumber 
can be worked into it”’ (Fig. 120). 
