. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 15o-- GROUND PLAN OK TWENTIETH CENTURY HOG HOUSE TWENTIETH CENTURY HOGPENS The plans of hogpens shown in Figures 152 and 153are largely original with -T. A. Macdonnld of PrinceEdwnrd IsLtjkI They comprise a movable house six by WISCONSIN HOG HOUSE 161 six feet, which can be placed anywhere on the farmduring summer, and drawn into a partially open shed forwinter quarters. With chain attached these small housesmay be drawn by a horse anywhere. The front and backsills are raised two inches above lower edge of the sidesills so as not to obstruct when moving fro
. Barn plans and outbuildings . Fig. 15o-- GROUND PLAN OK TWENTIETH CENTURY HOG HOUSE TWENTIETH CENTURY HOGPENS The plans of hogpens shown in Figures 152 and 153are largely original with -T. A. Macdonnld of PrinceEdwnrd IsLtjkI They comprise a movable house six by WISCONSIN HOG HOUSE 161 six feet, which can be placed anywhere on the farmduring summer, and drawn into a partially open shed forwinter quarters. With chain attached these small housesmay be drawn by a horse anywhere. The front and backsills are raised two inches above lower edge of the sidesills so as not to obstruct when moving from place to large building, half the front of which is open,as in Figure 152, is required for winter and spring. Thesmall houses are drawn from their summer stands inthe pasture fields through the six-foot open front of eachpen and put in place as shown for a sleeping room. In. -^•• 154—TEN-SIDED WISCONSIN HOG HOUSE this large building or shed the floor should be of cement,but it does well without any floor except for the woven wire fencing divides the pens and extendsout to form yards. A feed room attached to shed wouldbe an advantage. These small six-foot houses make amuch better sleeping place than an ordinary pen, and arealso the best for sows to farrow in. A SATISFACTORY HOG HOUSE A ground plan and elevation of the hog house of A. of Stockbridge, Wis., built in 1894, are shown^ 162 BARN PLAKS AND OUTBUILDINGS at Figures 154 and 155. It is an ideal one. The chimneyis directly behind the ventilator and cannot be seen in thepicture. It is halfway down the roof. Here he can feedfifty to sixty hogs of all ages in fifteen or twenty house is forty feet in diameter, sides ten feet long andsix feet six inches high to ceiling. The rafters from eachcorner run to the center, and those between are spiked ontothe main rafter.
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