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Show Hog House With a Saw-Tooth Roof I Gives FuU benefit of Sunh1 RsJvJ ( ' ill' Win? U By W. A. RADFORD yr, Wlllimn A. Railfonl will answer Questions nnd Rive" nclvU-e FRK1Q OF COST on nil problems pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm, ,r (he renders of tills paper. On account ac-count of his wide experience as editor, author nnd manufacturer, lie. is, without with-out doubt, the highest authority on the subject Address all Inquiries to William Wil-liam A. Radford, No. 1S27 Prairie ave-nue ave-nue Chicago, 111., and only Inclose iwo'-cent stomp for reply. Tlie saw-tooth colony hog house vas originated in Iowa where hog raising "'is become a pretty exact science sci-ence among the farmers of that stnte. It Is so designed that when the building build-ing Is placed on the site facing the south direct sunshine is admitted through the windows on the low part to the pens on the near side nnd through the windows In the monitor ft r-r- f--'-0'-- I & ii 3ff Gate t, gcr-"i''"'l jl J 1GOiOZJu is!; I toiNGTROucn ( GatcToHog Pen S?- A CS05?CTI0n is SNiwtfi . 1 Of ;, Booj-iWi-i Feeding Tcowrc j , terTTw I Cross Section of Small Hog House. section to the pens on the far side. The value of sunlight in a hog house at farrowing time cannot be overestimated. overesti-mated. The warm rays of the late Killer and early spring sun warm the bouse and prevent the small pigs from beconnng chilled. Sunlight also hell" In their growth and prevents leg weakness weak-ness nnd other troubles. This house Is 32 feet long and 24 feet wide. This size permits the Installation In-stallation of nine pens all facing a feeding alley which runs through the center of the building. In 0Be corner there Is a feed room. The house is set on a concrete foundation foun-dation with a concrete floor so that Small Sanitary Hog House. the troughs may be built at the same time the floor Is laid. Removable partitions par-titions separate the pens, and the floor is covered with an open plank platform raised slightly so as to prevent pre-vent the pigs from being chilled by the concrete floor. Guard rails run on three sides of each pen so that the mother sow will not crush or smother the young ones. The building is of frame construction construc-tion and is designed to get the most from the least expenditure for material ma-terial and labor. Accompanying the floor plan is a cross-section of the building giving some details of construction con-struction and showing the dimensions of the materials used. Also there is a plan of the front of the pen partitions. |