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Show CEMENT FLOORS. They Provide the Ideal Condition for the Hoghouse. Cement Is regarded by many as a good floor for hoghouses, but many object ob-ject to It on account of Its being cold nnd damp, especially too cold for young pigs. It makes a floor thnt Is easily cleaned nnd ono that Is moro nearly sanitary than any other floor. If It Is to bo used ns a farrowing house a falBo floor of plank would bo an advantage, ad-vantage, and It Is qulto llkoly no bad results would bo experienced If enough bedding wero used to keep tho pigs from coming into Immcdlnto contact with tho cold floor. Many of tlio moro recent hoghouses that aro being built have a covering of flno woven wire placed over tho floor, stretched tight nnd fastenod down, nnd this Is covered with two or threo inches of flno gravel. Dirt floors nro tisunlly prcfornblo to cement or plnnk, but thoro Is great difficulty dif-ficulty with tho hogs rooting thorn up. By stretching this wlro over tho floor nnd covering It with n llttlo gravel it provonts rotting nnd thoso who havo UBcd It roport good satisfaction. |