. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . of cleanli-ness, or when it is desired to change pasture lumber should be used in the construc-tion of these houses to give proper protection dur-ing the winter months and during the farrowingseason. On the next page is a photograph of amovable house in use at the Nebraska Station. The house is 9 feet long, 6 feet wide and 3>4 feetto eaves. The longer roof measures 5 feet 4 inchesfrom peak to lower edge, while the shorter mea-sures 3 feet 3 inches. A small glass window isplaced in one end and a swinging door in the
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . of cleanli-ness, or when it is desired to change pasture lumber should be used in the construc-tion of these houses to give proper protection dur-ing the winter months and during the farrowingseason. On the next page is a photograph of amovable house in use at the Nebraska Station. The house is 9 feet long, 6 feet wide and 3>4 feetto eaves. The longer roof measures 5 feet 4 inchesfrom peak to lower edge, while the shorter mea-sures 3 feet 3 inches. A small glass window isplaced in one end and a swinging door in the warm weather this door may be fastened THE BREEDING HERD OF SWINE. 263 open, while during cold weather it is left down,being hung in such a way that the pigs can pushit open when they wish to go in or out, after whichit closes by its own weight. The trap doors inthe shorter roof may be left open on pleasant daysin winter to let in the suns rays. During hotweather there would be a decided advantage inhaving a second roof to place about six inches. Small Portable Hog House. above the first to permit a free circulation of air be-» tween the two roofs. The air, acting as a noncon-ductor of heat, makes the house much cooler thandoes the single roof. These houses have no floors,making it necessary to keep them well bedded incold weather. A floor would be an improvementfor early spring farrowing, when the ground iscold, as there is danger of having too much bed-ding for the safety of pigs just farrowed. To pre-vent the sow from lying upon her pigs, a plank orscantling is fastened to the inner sides of the 264 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. house, eight or nine inches from the ground, pro-jecting ten inches toward the center of the prevents the sow from crushing the pigsagainst the side wall when she lies down. Therunner sills extend in front a distance of 2 feet and10 inches and are sawed to give an upward plank is bolted from one projecting sill to theotlier. To th
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