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three sides of a square open to the south, as pigs require 

 both warmth and sunlight. The sties face a covered and 

 open yard; they have a passage running behind for the 

 purpose of cleaning them out, and here also the venti- 

 lation is regulated by sliding ventilators in the wall. The 

 floor is blue brick, with sufficient slope to carry off the 

 water. The form of feeding trough employed by the 

 proprietor of this establishment, Mr. Tommas, is a circular 

 one of iron, saucer shaped, about 2 feet in diameter which 





Kg. 140. — Mr. Tommas's piggery. A, farrowing sties ; B, sties for young 

 pigs ; C, sties for boars ; D, shed and yard for sows in pig ; E, boxes 

 for pigs ; F, farrowing boxes ; G, paved feeding and exercise yard ; 

 M, water troughs. 



cannot be upset.. The animals are not fed in the sties, 

 but each pen is let out separately into the yard for feeding. 



One half the sty is raised by a plank stage on which the 

 animal rests. Mr. Tommas allows each pig about 27 square 

 feet of space. 



Mr. Howard* lays great importance on a well-drained 

 position for the piggery, with plenty of fresh air and light, 

 and situated as distant as possible from the other animals 

 of the farm. The buildings should be capable of being 



* 'Pigs and their Breeding and Management': Mr. J. Howard, 

 M.P., Journal of the Boyal Agricultural Society, 2nd series, vol. xviii., 

 part i., 1881. 



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