. Barn plans and outbuildings . complete pen with its divisions. Arow of these pens may be built as a long shed, and thedescription of one will answer for all. The pen is twentyfeet long from front to rear, by eight feet wide. Theposts at the front are ten feet high, and at the rear sevenfeet. A feed passage runs along the front of the pens,shown at a. The feeding and sleeping apartment isshown at h. At c is a passage which also runs along the 174 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS whole building, but which, when closed by the doors, d,makes the passage a part of the yard, d. The feed pas-sage, a, is
. Barn plans and outbuildings . complete pen with its divisions. Arow of these pens may be built as a long shed, and thedescription of one will answer for all. The pen is twentyfeet long from front to rear, by eight feet wide. Theposts at the front are ten feet high, and at the rear sevenfeet. A feed passage runs along the front of the pens,shown at a. The feeding and sleeping apartment isshown at h. At c is a passage which also runs along the 174 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS whole building, but which, when closed by the doors, d,makes the passage a part of the yard, d. The feed pas-sage, a, is three feet wide. The feeding place, h, is tenfeet deep by eight feet in width; the passage, c, is threefeet wide, and the yard, d, four feet, making the wholespace of the yard seven by eight feet when the passage isclosed. When the passage is opened the door, d, closesthe opening from the yard into the feeding place, and theoccupants of the pens are shut up. Any pig that mayhave to be moved from one pen to another can then be. Fig. 168—PLAN OF PIGPEN driven without any difficulty wherever it may be swinging door in the rear may be made to allow thepigs to pass in or out of the barn yard or the pasture, ifone is provided for them. But generally it will be foundbetter to have the pens built upon one side of the barnyard, so that the pigs may be used to work up any mate-rials for manure or compost that may be at hand for thepurpose. The floor of the pen should be, in part atleast, of plank; that of the yard may be of pavement,of cobble-stone or of cement, but should be so laid thatit cannot be torn up. A tight roof should cover the FOR MANY HOGS 175 whole, and sliding windows at the rear and front willprovide good ventilation. This is very important forthe comfort of the animals in hot weather. The floor ofthe pens should slope backward at least two inches in tenfeet, and the yards ought to be well drained. A bar isfixed around the bottom of the pen about six inchesab
Size: 2121px × 1178px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectarchitecturedomestic
