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Show Supply Farrowing Pens With Needful Fenders Every farrowing pen should be supplied sup-plied with fenders to protect the lit-.tie lit-.tie pigs during and arter farrowing. These consist of 2 by 8 inch planks fastened as shelves about eight inches from the floor, along both sides of the corner In which the sow makes her led. Thi3 largely prevents the sow from squeezing the pigs against the wall or lying on them while they are small. If the farrowing pen has a concrete floor, a board overlay in the nest corner makes the sow's bed warmer, drier and cleaner. |