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bed, being on top of A B, is always dry. There should be 

 a fall from one end of the building to the other along the 

 line at C, so that the drainage would be towards one end of 

 the building, and a suitable outlet could be provided. 



There is a partition three and a half feet high between 

 the bed and the feeding pen, and the opening from the bed 

 to the feeding pen is two and a half feet wide. The parti- 

 tion shelters from draughts and also economizes bedding by 

 holding the straw in place. The other partitions are four 

 feet high. The partition next to the feeding passage is 

 made of No. 9 coil steel wires, two inches apart at the bot- 

 tom, and grading to about three inches apart near the top. 

 They are stiffened by heavy upright wires in front of each 

 pen, fastened to the horizontal wires by means of washers 

 designed for that purpose. The wire partition is set in 

 about two and a half inches from the side of the trough next 

 to the feed passage, thus allowing room to pour feed into 

 the troughs. 



The troughs are cement, and are eight inches high next 

 to the feed passage, four inches high next to the feeding 

 pen, and ten inches wide, inside measurement. 



The feed passage, which is five feet wide, is four inches 

 lower than the feeding pen. This is merely a device to show 

 the pigs to better advantage. 



The purpose of the doors in the partitions between the 

 pens is easily understood. They can be swung back, closing 

 the pigs in the back apartment and leaving a continuous 

 passage for cleaning out the pens. The bedding is also 

 taken in and distributed from this passage. These doors are 

 also used in moving pigs from one pen to another, since there 

 are no doors from the pens into the feed passage. The 

 absence of doors from the pens into the feed passage is a 

 somewhat inconvenient feature of the building, but is hard 

 to avoid where a wire partition is used. The wire partition 

 however, is more sanitary than wood, and gives a much 

 better view of the pigs. 



