Show Si Simple le and Efficient Type of Hog House and Farrowing Pen en I 11 I Y J t WR i 4 By WILLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr tr William A. A lUdford Radford will wUl answer questions and give advice FREt OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of or building work on t trw farm for tor the readers readell of this paper On account ac ao 0 count of his hI wide experience as al Editor Author and Manufacturer he Is I. without without with with- out doubt the highest authority on all aU these subjects tI Address all Inquiries to William A. A Radford Redford No 1 1111 7 Prairie avenue Chicago Ill III and only two-cent two stamp for reply Profit In In raising hogs bogs It Is well known Is In no small degree dependent dent upon housing housing- the animals prop prop- erly Yet this often Is one of the themo mo most t neglected units of the he buildings which form the Improvements on a n farm There Is Illustrated here a n simple type of hog house and farrowing pen It Is a plain shed-roof shed building 14 feet wide and 50 GO feet long It contains four large pens and a n feed room In the center centen As will be seen In the floor plan the feeding alley aney extends er- er tends along the back walls with the pen to the front Each Ench pen has hns an opening to the feeding floor and to the fenced ln hog lots The building Is on a concrete foundation and has bas a concrete floor which extends outside as 8 a n feeding floor The building extends east and west and faces north and south The many windows provide pro the pens with sunshine and ventilation r p I i I I s k ft i j p c I w I ii ii I t- t i i uJ u t iI i- i tt 1 I 1 4 6 I U n H Mk |