. Hogology. stimation, been most satisfactoryand economic in all ways. The box is made of % siding. Firstmake a square base 6 feet by 6 feetand 6 inches high. The slant andbeam are made of 2 x 4 height of the box from theground to the cone of the roof isfour feet. The front door should becut aa inches x 20 inches and hang sothat it will swing around to the small door 10 inches x 14 inches iscut in the back 18 inches from theground. This, opened in spring and summer, furnishes a chance for aircirculation in the house. Woodenbuttons hold these doors shut. Make a platform of
. Hogology. stimation, been most satisfactoryand economic in all ways. The box is made of % siding. Firstmake a square base 6 feet by 6 feetand 6 inches high. The slant andbeam are made of 2 x 4 height of the box from theground to the cone of the roof isfour feet. The front door should becut aa inches x 20 inches and hang sothat it will swing around to the small door 10 inches x 14 inches iscut in the back 18 inches from theground. This, opened in spring and summer, furnishes a chance for aircirculation in the house. Woodenbuttons hold these doors shut. Make a platform of flooring 6 feet4 inches x 6 feet 4 inches. In thewinter and spring this should be setright on to the ground, naturallydrained, so that no wind or air cur-rents can circulate under it to keepthe floor cold. Place the box on thisplatform and bed with straw. Theapproximate cost of this box andplatform is eight dollars. Next, construct a board run 5 feetX 6 feet 6 inches in front of the box Ninety-three HOGOLOGY. riAJiT b. n&coy , wAAMiNarON. , ONiO- of any boards which one happens tohave handy. This keeps the pigs offthe ground and yet gives them accessto some exercise, air and fence of rough boards of any kindin front and at the side of each boxkeeps each sovir and litter have had as many as twenty ofthese houses and pens in one raised pigs last spring and myloss was very slight. These boxes are very easily kept free from vermin and filth. The proc-esses of feeding is not such a bug-bear with this arrangement. I havea slop cart which I drive along infront of each box or colony. Anothergood feature is that it is portable andcan be changed to other quarterswithout much trouble, and can beused at all seasons of the year. Ihave always had better success insaving and caring for my pigs in thisway than in any other. A Cheap Movable Farrowing House T t. KINNEY , WOHTH ADAn^. fllC
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