. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 158—COVERED FEEDING FLOOR Hogs should never be fed unclean material. Figure 158illustrates the arrangement of the feeding floor andfeeding pen. This floor is partially under roof. PLAN OF A PIGGERY Figure 159 represents the elevation of a piggery. Themain building is twenty-two by fifty feet, and the wingtwelve by sixteen feet. It is supplied with light and airby windows in front, ventilators on the roof, and byhanging doors or shutters in the upper part of the sidingat the rear of each stall or apartment. These last arenot seen in the on^ravinfr. 160 BARN
. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 158—COVERED FEEDING FLOOR Hogs should never be fed unclean material. Figure 158illustrates the arrangement of the feeding floor andfeeding pen. This floor is partially under roof. PLAN OF A PIGGERY Figure 159 represents the elevation of a piggery. Themain building is twenty-two by fifty feet, and the wingtwelve by sixteen feet. It is supplied with light and airby windows in front, ventilators on the roof, and byhanging doors or shutters in the upper part of the sidingat the rear of each stall or apartment. These last arenot seen in the on^ravinfr. 160 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS Figure 160 shows the ground plan. The main buildinghas a hall, H, six feet wide, running the entire is for convenience of feeding and for hanging dressed. hogs at the time of slaughtering. The remainder of thespace is divided by partitions into apartments. A, B, forthe feeding and sleeping accommodation of the porkers; A CONVENIENT PIGGERY 167 these are each eight by sixteen feet. The rear divisions ofthe apartments, B, B, are intended for the manure division has a door, D, D, to facilitate the removalof manure, and also to allow ingress to the swine whenintroduced to the pen. The floors of each two adjoiningdivisions are inclined toward each other, so that the liquid
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