. Hogology. Theboxes in my opinion are about theright size, but can be made any shed can be any length and par-titioned to suit the builder. A con-crete floor divided into sections (onefor each stall) is built in front of theshed and the sow is fed on this is also a door in the rear ofeach stall where bedding can be takenout or put in while the sow is eatingon the floor outside. The roof isframed with a ridge pole and the sashare hinged to this, being raised at the eaves when ventilation is necessary;concrete feeding floor is fenced anddivided with gates, making a sepa-rat
. Hogology. Theboxes in my opinion are about theright size, but can be made any shed can be any length and par-titioned to suit the builder. A con-crete floor divided into sections (onefor each stall) is built in front of theshed and the sow is fed on this is also a door in the rear ofeach stall where bedding can be takenout or put in while the sow is eatingon the floor outside. The roof isframed with a ridge pole and the sashare hinged to this, being raised at the eaves when ventilation is necessary;concrete feeding floor is fenced anddivided with gates, making a sepa-rate feeding space for each sow. A house to store feed and beddingcan be built at one end and may beprovided with a stove or cooker tomake warm slop and the smoke pipemay be carried through the shed highenough for the sows to walk underand connects with a flue at the far drum in the pipe for each stallwould keep pigs from freezing in anyweather. Eighty-eight PART II A Sunshine Hog House and Crowding Board. Figure No. 2. The Crowding Board Fig. 1 shows my sunshine hoghouse made with 3x6 oak runner and8x4 frame, covered with ship lap sid-ing (14-foot siding is used). I findthis a great house for little pigs, asthey can always get a sun bath in thecold weather. This house is veryhandy for the hog man, as he canenter to clean it out without diffi-culty. Fig. 3 shows a crowding board onT hinges, which I use in my hoghouses. It can be let down at far-rowing time and raised when thehouse is used for the larger hogs,making a great deal more room. Itshould be made from a board V-Aif-tinches wide, and the board should beof hardwood so that it will hold the
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