| Show t This Specially Designed Hog o Barn am Assures an Abundance of o Sunlight M FEED sl J D J G P NS 4 4 F N IN Ca leoW O OM L RAC M d EN 3 By W W. A. A RADFORD Mr William A. A Radford will answer questions and give advice FIU FREE FItEE E OF COST on all problems pertaining to the subject of oC building building- work on the farm for Cor the readers of this paper On account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of oC his wide experience a as editor author I and manufacturer he Is WIthout without without with with- out doubt the highest authority on the subject Address all Inquiries to William William Wil Wil- liam A A. Radford No South Dearborn Dearborn Dearborn Dear Dear- born street Chicago lIt Ill Illand and md only In In- In close two-cent two stamp for Cor reply Sunlight Is natures nature's greatest aid to sanitation This fact Is recognized by byall byall all aU who have ha made mad a study of designIng design design- Ing lug houses for sows and their young pigs Not only does the warmth of the sunlight admitted to the house insure the small pigs against chills but the sun also keeps the Interior of the house dry and sanitary These facts were the basis for the design of the hog house shown In the Illustration The round shaped gothic roof permits of numerous roof root win win- CA n tR 5 3 o e D a w wD D 0 d Cross Section of Gothic Roof dows doves so placed that they will admit sunlight no matter how high or low v lowthe lowthe the sun As the house is placed so that its length is north and south the first ra rays s 's of ot the morning sun strike the lower windows on one side and the last rays of the afternoon sun likewise are let into the building This house Is 24 feet teet wide and 49 feet long It is of frame construction the rafters for tor the gothic roof being of built up pieces of lumber to get the semicircular shape as ns shown in inthe Inthe Inthe the section cross-section of the building shown with the floor plan accompanying accompany accompany- ing this article The floor plans show eight Individual ual pens on one side of the house and six sIs on the other all facing a center feed alley At one corner Is the feed- feed mixing room and bins for feed Over the feed alley Is a carrier track which leads from the feed room to all of the pens This Is Js a saving labor-saving convenience convenience conven convene lence and enables one man to care for lor forthe forthe the sows and the pigs easily and with a saving of ot much time Removable able pen partitions are specIfied specified spec spec- fied fled in the plans so that the house may be used as a shelter after the pigs and their mothers have gone to pasture It will be seen from the photograph that Is is reproduced that the house was located so that several lots were available for the pigs during during durIng dur dur- durI I ing the summer Half floors of plank sl slightly raised from the true concrete floor supply a place for the deep litter that makes the beds for the small pigs when the weather is cold and the concrete or metal troughs that are installed In each pen are easily cleaned A shallow shallow shallow low gutter that runs the length of the building at the front of each row of ot pens permits the attendant to host out the pens and keep the house clean and sanitary This Is an unusual type of farrowing farrow ing lag house but it has many features feature that will be recommended to the farmer farm farm- er who raises a considerable number of ot pigs especially so when the the- sows Vi are bred to farrow in late winter or early spring |
