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damp and muddy, a floor in a portion or under all of the 

 roof may be advisable. It is only in the large stationary 

 houses that one may need to consider the construction of 

 separate sleeping and feeding quarters. Comfortable and 

 healthy sleeping quarters are of sufficient importance to 

 warrant some special attention. 



Farrowing pens. — Where breeding swine are kept it 

 often becomes advisable to have a few separate pens for 

 the exclusive use of the sows at the time they drop their 

 pigs and for a time thereafter. Such pens are called 

 farrowing pens and are constructed in the usual manner, 

 with the exception that a railing is placed around the 



Cheap type small farrowing house and pen. Courtesy H. S. 

 Lippincott of Maryland. 



sides about eight or ten inches from the floor and allowed 

 to extend out some six or eight inches, so that if the sow 

 lies down against the side of the house any pigs that 

 happen to be in the way will be given a chance to escape 

 over-lying. A protective railing of this sort can be placed 

 in almost any type of house, so that it can be readily con- 

 verted into a farrowing pen without much cost or trouble. 



