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of the hous€. The double hog house with a center hall should 

 extend east and west and have a northern and southern exposure. 

 However, the north outside pens of such a house are of little value 

 for little pigs in the winter. Houses in which the pens are on the 

 one side only should, of course, extend east and west and thus 

 have a southern exposure. 



The type of hog house will depend upon the requirements. Farrow- 

 ing houses of the double type with a center hall and a series of pens 



Pig. 10. Mississippi hog house. This type of house provides comfort for 

 hogs both in winter and summer, (Bull. 177. Miss, Agrl. Ex. Sta.) 



on either side are the most economically constructed per pen and are 

 rather popular in some sections of the country. Some breeders 

 of high-priced swine prefer to build a single house with the hall 

 extending along the north wall and one series of pens with a southern 

 exposure. The single house is more desirable because of the southern 

 exposure but is not as economical. The single farrowing house is 

 probably the most popular and apparently the most economical. 

 The type of single farrowing house in most common use is the 



