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* PIG YARD MANURE. 
Thus, in fig. 59 and fig. 60, A, A , denote the 
“lodging house,” 12 feet by 20 feet; s, s, &c., 
the sleeping apartments, 5 by 5 feet each; d, a 
door leading into the walk, or passage way 
k, through which a person can enter to examine 
the hogs, change their litter, &c.; e , a door for 
the egress of the hogs from their lodgings into 
the pasture, eating apartment, or yard; c, a 
wooden platform, or bridge, leading from the 
more elevated ground into the “eating house,” 
for the convenience of carrying in food; d, a 
door leading into the walk, or passage way h, 
communicating with the spouts of the troughs; 
t, l &c., the troughs near which is a grated or lat¬ 
ticed floor, sufficiently open to be kept dry, 
sweet, and clean, and allowing all the excre¬ 
ment and filth to fall into the yard beneath; e, 
a door for the egress'of the hogs from their eat¬ 
ing apartment "into the pasture, lodging apart¬ 
ments, or yard, over a bridge or inclined plane, 
to the more elevated ground ; y, the yard, with 
a payed bottom sloping from the lodging house 
to the wall w, under the lower side of the eating 
house; P, a pasture, orchard, or paddock, com¬ 
municating with the eating and lodging apart¬ 
ments, or with the yard. 
Whatever be the mode of construction of the 
sty, it should have one part close and warm, 
with a tight roof over it; and the other part, 
containing their troughs, more or less open to 
let in the light and air; for swine will not bear 
to be wholly excluded from the weather and 
sunshine; and it is equally hurtful to them to 
be constantly exposed to the wet and cold, as 
well as to the intense heat from the sun. They 
should be allowed to run at large in a pasture, 
paddock, or orchard during a portion of the 
year. To prepare a pasture for them, let the 
ground be broken up, tilled, and manured, and 
then laid down with clover. For swine are 
more fond of this grass than of any other. Let 
the quantity of land be so proportioned to the 
number of hogs, that they may keep the grass 
from running to seed. For this will prevent 
waste; and the shorter the feed, the sweeter the 
herbage, and the more tender and agreeable to 
their taste. One acre of rich land is considered 
sufficient to support 20 or more swine through 
the summer, say from the first of May till the 
last of October. 
It should also be remembered, that the pas¬ 
turing with swine will enrich the land more 
than by pasturing or soiling with other stock; 
and by this means, the profit of the farmer will 
be increased. When it can with convenience 
be so ordered, it is an excellent plan to make a 
hog pasture of an orchard. For, the shade of 
the trees will be very grateful and comfortable 
to them in summer; their dung is allowed to be 
one of the best of manures for the apple; and 
besides, the}' - will keep the ground around the 
roots very light and loose, and they will destroy 
many insects that infest the trees or their fruit.' 
It will also be of great advantage to a hog pas¬ 
ture to have plenty of water in it during the 
summer; and that which is running is best, as 
it will afford the swine the most wholesome 
drink, and at the same time will serve as well 
Pig- Sty.—Fig. 59. 
as any other for them to wallow in; and it will 
keep them clean, which is no small advantage. 
But the most dirty puddle is better than none, 
as they can cool themselves in it in hot weather, 
which is very refreshing to them, and condu¬ 
cive to health. 
A piggery constructed according to the fore¬ 
going plan will form a safe and economical re¬ 
ceptacle for the dung and urine of the animals, 
together with whatever may be thrown in 
among them. The refuse of the garden, or 
other waste matter, as bean stalks, the cods of 
beans and peas, weeds, dried plants, as well as 
dried peat, swamp or pond muck, loam, and 
other earthy materials, thrown in, from time to 
time, will please the hogs, which they will work 
over, and produce a quantity of manure many 
times greater than naturally would be made 
from the same number of swine. This may be 
cleared away as often as may be necessary, and 
used as an excellent dressing for the land, as 
there may be occasion, throwing in fresh mat¬ 
ter in return .—American Muck Book. 
