Show Hog House Should Be Built Right to Insure Profits From Industry pt f I i f o w wr r w 3 Eia c ary P r By WILLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr William A. A Radford will answer questions and glue give advice FREE OF COST on toll tall problems pertaining pe to the subject of oC building work on the farm Carll for Cor the readers of oC this paper On ac account ac- ac ac- ac count of oC his wide experience as editor author and manufacturer he Is Is without with with- out doubt t the eJ highest authority on the subject Address all Inquiries to William Wil Wll- liam lam A. A Radford No 1827 1821 Prairie ave avenue tine nue nue Chicago Ill and only se two- two cent stamp st for Cor rep reply y Pigs I Is Pigs was the time name of a n short story of f some years ago and the phrase caught the popular fancy and still lives But to the modern farm pigs are something more than thun pigs They are r a u highly profitable stock Investment and every care Sh should be bc uil taken n to to ma p pay y the greatest possible pr profit The dayIs day dayIs Is g gone wl when e ho hogs s are aie kept jept In In dirty mud mutI pens placed nn anywhere any wl ere at r rland nil all alland rand land left to t tale take e care of themselves hes es as as ns best hest blest t they lcy can I Such han handling n Is Isreal real really y expensive expense e for tor hogs respond most generously to housing and br breeding c conditions n Is and pa pay liberally for the ln Investment and mid lu labor lulor or required Proper hol housing for hogs means means clean dry roomy y pe pens s with hl plenty of ventilation and sunshine To 10 meet the conditions a well placed and anti well built hog house must be provided The prin principle pie on which such houses are planned are quite well established and are really reany quite simple Two T types are commonly accepted One of these Is s placed to run north and amid south and get the advantage of ot the sun during dur lur- lurIng ing the entire days day's course Another Is placed east and west with windows arranged to get the benefit of the full south exposure to the time sun It Is the second type which Is Illustrated illustrated illustrated Illus illus- here This hog house home should hould be placed facing the time south The upper upper upper up up- per row of windows spanning the entire side of the building floods the pens along the far tar side with sunlight sunlight sunlight sun sun- light while the tho lower row gives an an an- equally good lighting to the time pens along the front side This tooth saw-tooth roof is always the hest best t type pe for use lIse on a hog house with southern exposure This house is n a large one having 24 pens 12 on each side A A K te feed d alley runs down the center bet between een the two rows of pens making It easy to tI till fill the feed troughs at each pen with the least labor The Time floor Is of cement throughout but plank flooring is laid laM over the cement Inside the pens pelts This affords n a warmer resting place for forthe forthe forthe the hogs and if made in sections is easily taken out for cleaning A gutter gutter gutter gut gut- ter should run along each side hide J MI art the feed alley to assist the regular cleanIng cleaning clean- clean Ing and a feed carrier may ilso be Installed as a Tabor saving piece of or equipment Good Good ventilation without injurious Injurious' TE I j jI I Li gi a I II II at ati I I I i JQ J I z z o 0 ti W p O OI I r I o oI b I rr J I a aI Lt I ih i- i h 0 G 9 G Floor Plan drafts can b be secured by opening and closing the two rows of ot windows as ns required It Is also possible to install ventilators In the roof root which afford a n ventilation and are to a large extent automatic In their adjustment ad ad- It Is s well to make the partitions partItIons partitions par par- between n the pens In the time form of of gates which can be swung out of the way when cleaning time comes and also permit a better circulation of ot air nil because of the open construe construe- tion Of course a hog yard must be provIded provided provided pro pro- vided In front of ot the building with plenty of space for the whole herd This may be either a single yard ord or ormay ormay ormay may be divided into smaller sections running out from the pens Small doors are provided In each pen of ot the front row to admit the hogs from rom the yard while entrance to the house Is provided by regular doors at nt each end of the building |