. Barn plans and outbuildings . ose of changing orotherwise managing the occupants; at ci is a slatted ven-tilator fixed in the wall over each door, also shown inP^igure 172. The yard and pens shown in the left-handlower corner of Figure 1(10 mi-o for brood sows with pigs. SAFEGUARDS IN THE PIGPEN 177 vvhich are kept separate from the rest of the herd. Thepens are arranged as the others, with the addition of safe-guards for the young pigs placed around the walls, abouteight inches above the floor and six inches from it, andattached to it by means of iron straps. See Figure are to pre
. Barn plans and outbuildings . ose of changing orotherwise managing the occupants; at ci is a slatted ven-tilator fixed in the wall over each door, also shown inP^igure 172. The yard and pens shown in the left-handlower corner of Figure 1(10 mi-o for brood sows with pigs. SAFEGUARDS IN THE PIGPEN 177 vvhich are kept separate from the rest of the herd. Thepens are arranged as the others, with the addition of safe-guards for the young pigs placed around the walls, abouteight inches above the floor and six inches from it, andattached to it by means of iron straps. See Figure are to prevent the pigs from being crushed by thesows when they lie down, as is often the case when noprotection is furnished. At Figure 172 is seen the eleva-tion of one wing of the range with the feed house. Theshed is made from twelve to sixteen feet wide, twelve feethigh in front and eight feet in the rear. Each pen shouldbe at least eight feet wide, which would give from sixtyto 100 square feet, accommodating five or six pigs. Sheds.
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