. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 541 placed in one corner ; but, as he is verv apt to put his feet into the trough, thus soiling and wasting his food, hinged shutters, which give way to the pig's snout and close on his withdrawing his head, are by some persons fixed before the troughs, in order to prevent him. Bars are also occasion ally nailed at stated distances across the top of the trough, so as to confine each pig separately to his food, without being able to drive away his fel- lows. A better mode, however, is
. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 541 placed in one corner ; but, as he is verv apt to put his feet into the trough, thus soiling and wasting his food, hinged shutters, which give way to the pig's snout and close on his withdrawing his head, are by some persons fixed before the troughs, in order to prevent him. Bars are also occasion ally nailed at stated distances across the top of the trough, so as to confine each pig separately to his food, without being able to drive away his fel- lows. A better mode, however, is to place the trough outside the front paling of the pen, with a hole in it only just large enough to admit of his head ; by which means waste will be avoided, and the trough can be filled and cleaned without entering the court. The sties for breeding-sows, and those used for store-pigs, may be somewhat wider, and the trough should, of course, have a sufficient number of apertures for the little pigs' heads, together with a separate trough, having a larger opening, for the sow, as well as high enough to prevent the sucking pigs from getting into it. Where water can be conveniently obtained, it is a good plan to have a small spout directed through the sties, not only for their more easy cleansing, but to afford the opportunity of always allowing the animals to drink. The building, when not circular, may thus be extended to any length ; and if connected at one end with a boiling-house, and at the other with a cess-pool, into which the drains are emptied, the elevation of the whole will wear the appearance indicated in the following cut. Fig. Pigs in Separate Sties, for Fattening. — If many pigs be reared, it is always advisable to keep those of different ages from each other, — and even those of the same brood are not of the same strength ; they should, there- fore, be placed in separate sties, not containing more than three or four in each, and those of as nearly as pos
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