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Ground Plan, Piggery, Colorado Agricultural College. 
The Piggery of the Colorado Agricultural College, is a satisfactory 
building where, a permanent one is wanted. The partitions between the 
pens are movable in case it is desired to use the building for fattening 
hogs. The doors leading to the yards are raised from the central alley by 
means of ropes and pulleys. A shute across the ends of one set of yards 
makes it an easy matter to dip hogs regularly. It is) 6 feet to the eaves 
and 16 feet to the ridge above the pens. Additions to this house can be 
made when desired and the building remain just as convenient. 
The Johnson Shelter for Fattening Hogs.—F. D. Johnson, Wray, Colo¬ 
rado, uses a portable shelter for fattening hogs that is the best for the 
purpose the writer has seen. It is a shed, open on the front only It is 
16x16 feet, 4 feet high in front, and 20 inches high at the back. It has no 
floor, and is mounted on two runners 20 feet long, made of 4"x4" timbers. 
The front is boarded down 20 inches from the top. The roof is of battened 
boards and must not project beyond the sides or the stock will rub it off. 
The building can be moved easily by a team, and the low roof keeps the 
hogs from piling on each other and becoming over heated. This is the 
special advantage of this house and it is particularly adapted for hogs in 
the pea fields of the San Luis Valley. 
Alfalfa Rack for feeding alfalfa 
hay to hogs. The rack is made of 
l"x4" stuff. It is 3 feet high, 6 feet 
long and 16 inches wide. The top is 
open, the ends solid, and the 4-inch 
slats have four-inch spaces between 
them. The trough is 4 inches deep 
and extends 7 inches beyond the bot¬ 
tom of the rack. 
