346 VETEEINAEY HYGIENE 



A few can be disposed of in any conveniently situated 

 building which affords protection from the weather, venti- 

 lation, a dry floor, and if possible a short run. It is usual 

 to select a site for the piggery somewhere near the manure 

 pit, the object being to conduct the excreta there, and to 

 keep this class of animal as far as convenient from the 

 others. 



Whether a piggery is offensive or not depends upon the 

 time devoted to its sanitation, which is often brief and at 

 long intervals. There is no necessity for a piggery to be 

 filthy, and in large well-ordered establishments devoted to 

 the rearing of pigs this is far from being the case, in fact, 

 would defeat the object of the breeder. 



A pig requires a sty and a yard in front of it, in which 

 is placed the feeding trough. The floor should be impervious, 

 asphalt or blue Staffordshire brick, something which is not 

 only sanitary but defies rooting up. 



The trough is provided with a swing front, so that by 

 pushing back the flap access to the trough is cut off, or by 

 being pulled forward is rendered available to the animal 

 (Fig. 141). Many breeders object to troughs in the sty, 

 a question which will be again alluded to. 



Part of the sty not unfrequently has a wooden bench 

 where the animal can lie, but wooden floors such as have 

 been recommended are decidedly objectionable from a 

 sanitary standpoint. 



Behind the sty runs a passage, and by means of this the 

 sty can be cleaned out and fresh bedding put in. 



A sow with young will require to have her sty with a rail 

 all round, sufficiently high from the ground to allow the 

 young pigs to run under, and so escape being laid on, for 

 in this respect pigs are clumsy mothers. 



Where the pig industry is predominant on a farm the 

 arrangements are more elaborate. Fig. 140 shows the plan 

 of a building devoted to pig breeding and rearing. 



The accommodation for the animals includes sties not 

 only for those fattening, but for boars, young pigs, sows 

 in pig, and farrowing sties. The building is arranged on 



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