Show H Modernly T. 1 o v d J ern l 1 y quipped Equipped E I 1 Hog TT Barn B U arn v Will w 1 I I Accommodate 14 Sows and Their Pigs 5 t yf c ti s I 1 I J. J h t I J r P 0 j l j jv v S CI J r S f 11 u 5 S J t f. f 7 5 ir 1 5 5 t 41 t.- t. t S. S S. S 4 l f fr t b S 7 Jt ar J S t 1 S 1 S 5 5 S I I r- r S' S S SS S S II S 4 A 1 A ON all all' 5 To CURVE 5 O. O 0 OO 5 0 H- H N S 'S 5 S 4 t i p. p S Sz S z- z i J. J S i- i 1 ii is By W. W A. A RADFORD A. A Radford will answer Mr William advice FREE OF OP questions an and give pertaining to the COST on all problems subject o of building work worl on on n the farm for the readers renders of this paper On account account account ac ac- ac- ac editor las count of his wide exp author and manufacturer he l e Is without without without with with- out doubt the highest authority on the subject Address all Inquiries to William Wil Wil- liam flam A. A Radford No 1827 Prairie Pr avenue ave aye avenue nue Chicago so Ill I and land only onlY onlY- two cent ent tamp stamp for reply re r. r Sunlight Is natures nature's greatest aid to tonI sanitation nI Hon This fact Is Is' recognized r byall by have ha hl m made de a study of designing designing designing de de- de- de their for sows and aDd signing signing- hous houses s young pigs Not only does the th warmth of the th sunlight admitted f d to the the- house house Insure the small sl aU pigs pigs' against chills b but t the the sun also keeps k eps the interior of c the thc house hous dry diy and nd sanitary S the basis for the Tl ese facts fac s were design of the hog Shown In in the Illustration The round shaped Gothic Gothic sha ell windoWs win windows roof permits of numerous numerous' roof will admit dows vs so so placed that they sunlight no matter how high or low law lowthe lowthe the tIle sun A As As hous house Is pl placed ced so that Its length Is north and south the tile first rays of f the mor morning sun sun strike sike the lower windows on on one side and the thelast thelast last rays of the afternoon likewise m are 1 l let et I Into l n t o t 41 the h e A b bUll l building u i l d ing This house Is 24 feet wide and 49 feet long It Is of frame construction the rafters for the Gothic roof being of up built-up pieces es of lumber to get the semicircular shape as n shown In the tile section cross-section of the building shown with the floor plan below The floor plans show eight Individual ual pens on one side of t the house and six on the other oth r all facIng a center ce ter feed alley At one corner Is the feed feed- mixing room and bins for feed Over the thc feed alley Is a carrier track which which leads from the tile feed room to t all of the pens This This' Is a labor sa labor saving convenience conven conven- lence and enables one man to care for forthe forthe forthe and witha with the sows and anti the tile pigs easily a saying saving of much time Removable able pen partitions are specified sped sped sped- flee fled In the plans plaris so that the house hous may he be used as a shelter after the pigs and their mothers have gone on pasture pas pas- ture ture It will be seen from from the photo photo- ST H I WY t. t a if I i z I I T J-T Ii ki I I I i tl Lr tL 1 j- j c i cl Li I s. s Q Li r L 1 JL a rz r- r z I c I I p pF tZ F graph that is reproduced that the house was located so that several lots were sere ere of for or the pigs during the summer Half floors of plank slightly raised supply a r from the tile true concrete floor place for the the deep litter that makes s the beds for the tho small pigs when the tho weather Is cold and the concrete or metal troughs tl that are me Installed In each pen are easily easi y cleaned A shallow shallow shallow low gutter that runs the length of or tile the he building at the f ont front ont of of each ench row lor of pens permits the attendant to hose out the pens and keep the house S clean denn and nn sanitary This Is an m unusual type t pe of f farrowing farrowIng farrow farrow- ing lug house but it has many features that will vill recommend it to the farmer who raises a considerable number of ot of pigs pig's especially so when the sows bows are bred br d to farrow in late winter or early eaily spring S |