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Show INDIVIDUAL HOUSE FOR HOGS Permits Free Circulation of Air and Greatly Relieves Oppression of Plga Seeking Shelter. Tho illustrntlon represents n form of cot designed by Prof. It. S. Shaw, dean of tho Michigan Agricultural col lege. It Is six by eight feet at the foundation with the sides rising perpendicularly per-pendicularly three foot before rccelv Ing the half-pitch roof boards. Tho center boards on the sides aro hinged, so that they can be swung open In the An Individual Hog House. hot weather; the opening thus mndo la covered with strong wire, elninped above and below between Inch boards; tho inner chimp boards project an inch beyond the outer ones, thus j breaking tho joints and preventing , any draught when the openings are closed. Tho two ridge boardB aro also hinged so that they can bo opened during tho hot weather. Thoso open Ings permit a free circulation of nlr, which not only lowers the tempera-i tempera-i ttiro, but greatly relieves the oppression oppres-sion of the pigs In seeking shelter. , The hinged roof boards close down 'tightly, giving warm quarters In the-cold the-cold weather. The cots proper are supported on skids, on which thoy arc not attached, being held In plnco b the blocking of the ties across both i ends. A two-Inch bottom Is used oi not as desired; this floor is cut Intc lengths to lit crosswlso and rest or. tho skids, which nro wider than the bIIIb. This cot Is not desirable foi tho farrowing sow without tho addition addi-tion of a railing around the porpen dlculnr walls a fow Inches from the floor to prevent overlaying her pigs. Probably the chief objection to this structure Is tho expense of matorlnl p.nd cost of construction. It contains 100 feet of stock lumber, 00 feet mntchod, 20 feet four by six, 12 feet four by four In construction. |