| Show I I FAR I C 1 1 WIDE VIDE FIELD FOR CO COMMUNITY tIl HOUSE HOUS I Best Way of Handling Hogs Depends on Conditions I For brood Sl sows the tendency now I seems toward Individual houses and the McLean system of sanitation For ForI I earl early pigs either cither n a well disinfected community house may ilia be used for COI- farrowing farrowing far far- rowing the thc sow and pl piss pigs s being hauled to the till individual Im houses or a n portable farrowing ln house with five n or six sis pens with lIh pro provision islon IolI for fill heating mil may be he I IlI lI used el Liner Later pigs may be ate e farrowed right eight In the Individual ual hou houses es The best t method of handling will depend HI el very largely on the farm conditions lS I on tau the type of hugs hogs s produced and n on the market murl t to be he reached Bill liil there Is stilt still n a wide wIlle Held for forthe forthe the tile community ho lung hog house mill and how best Ills I to 10 build It Is still nn an Important question ul So Sn far there seems wems to be bema beno I no ma definite fInite decision fon us liS to 10 which type of If community huh hog house e Is best The fhe I monitor half t type lle which for fOl several yews years lUIS was wa so popular now seems ems to tobe el because of fir ton too he be losing fax favor OI or largely much unused ed headroom with the difficulty dif dlf difficulty it II heated of keeping properly Probably the rhe Iowa low or gable gahle roof type ly Is most popular now no although t the hI gambrel roof also Is much Also the shed shell roof t typo pP has bus many followers rind find now the lie round rOil roof t type iJ Is makIng mak In Ing considerable headway way Kither n ol J these t types pes seems to give good satis salis faction The most common width of hl hop hog house Is either 20 feet flet which nc accost om two rows of ot pens each C G by t 8 feet teet and n a foot 4 I foot fe feeding dill nile alley often orten wll h litter carrier and t feed ed carrier carder track down the center or 2 1 feet which accommodates two rows of 0 j by In SC S p ot ns nn an foot 8 central al aley alley IIi ley ey through which the Ille manure spread spreader er r can be driven for cleaning or which cnn can an be turned Into Inlo pens lenc If desired A AG AG G 1 by hy foot 8 ll pen n will accommodate a sized medium sow and nUll litter but will willae willbe be he ae too small for n a large lurge sow sov |
