Show sanitary houses needed for H hogs cholera white scours pneumonia and worms preventable if hog raising la Is to be mado made profitable tile tho animals must bo be kept healthy thy to insure this sanitary oani tary quarters and equipment sare are necessary cholera white scours pneumonia and worms tire are somo some of tile tho afflictions from which hogs suffer buffer that aro are directly traceable to quarters and surroundings these diseases annually cost the hog raisers of this country almost unbelievable sums of money all of them aro are largely preventable ablo 1 if tile the animals anlin als oro are provided with clean warm and otherwise comfortable quarters surfaces easily cleaned prom the very nature of concrete structures built of it do not absorb or invite disease germs find and vermin to make their homes in and about them concrete surfaces are easily cleaned and kept clean concrete floors and walls may bo be kept in sanitary condition by occasionally scrubbing down with water to which antiseptic or germicidal solutions may bo be added it desired concrete Is rat proof rot proof rust proof wind proof free from all tho the usual maintenance required on other types of construction it makes the expense proof permanent improvement tho the skylight shown in the illustration so called because of the rows of skylight sash on the tha root roof which admit light and sunshine was originated by tile the iowa experiment station stat folL it Is generally located so that the long way of the house runs north and south morning sun coming through tho windows on tho the east cast side t ii t tl ti skylight Ho chouse of I 1 tho the roof supplies direct sunlight to tile the west row of pens in the afternoon tile tho west row of windows enables flooding tho the east row of pens pena with sunlight in this woy way ever every y portion of the floor Is reached at some time during the day by direct sunlight tile tho little pigs as well as the older ones enjoy the warm spring sun pun and it helps to make them active and keep them healthy henI thy tito tho well lighted hog house presents a more pleasant cheerful aspect also for those who must talco take care ot of the animals likewise there la Is no greater enemy of disease germs than plenty of sunlight As aa the windows are located in the roof instead of in the walls tho the sides of the building are anro kept low this results in less overhead space which insures insure 9 a warmer as well ds as a less costly building in somo some cases skylight hog houses are built with the long way running east and west then windows ore are placed on tho the south slope of tin tile root roof tito tho top row furnishes furn lahea light tor for tho the north pens and tho the bottom row tile tho pens along the south wall favored in many sections tito tho popularity of tho the half lidolf monitor root roof typo type of hog ho ghouse bouse Is not condoned to any particular part of the united states everywhere there uro hog bog raisers who favor it it Is always located so that alpe long way runs runa east and west with windows on the south side elde tho the top row of windows lights tho the north pens while the lower row supplies auppl lea sunshine to tho the pens along tho the south wall tho the upper row of Is placed at such a height that tho the eun bun will shine on the floor oi of the north row of pens at farrowing furrowing far rowing time As this time will not bo be the same for all hog raisers and since the suns rays raya have a different slant plant ot at dif different terent seasons and latitudes the builder should figure out tile the height at which to place these windows |