Star Modern Hog House No. 24

FJ VERY successful farmer and hog raiser in the country is familiar with this type of house. The house is 26 ft. wide and 81 ft. 4 in. long. The height of this type of house is always governed by the latitude in which it is to be built. The illustration shows a house designed for latitude 42 degrees north. There are 16 STAR Steel Hog Pens. Four bins, a scale, and cooking space are located in one end. If desired, this space can be utilized for four more pens. Size of pens are 8 feet x 9 feet. Small doors in side walls give the pigs access to the outside pens. The foundations and floors are of concrete. The side and end walls are of hollow tile. The Page One }Iundred Ninety.two roof is exceptionally well framed and is covered with shingles and composition roofing. The ridge of the house should always run east and west, to get a southern exposure. Sunshine—good, warm, clean, wholesome sunshine, is an absolute essential for hog growing success. It means better health and faster growth. The windows in the house are of a size and so located that the new born pig, farrowed in February or March, will receive a maximum amount of wholesome sunshine. A decided advantage of this type is that the hot, perpendicular rays of the summer sun will not penetrate the interior of this house. Swine are as susceptible to heat as they are to cold, and no other type of house possesses the advantage mentioned above. Constant repairs and continuous depreciation is eliminated in this modern hog house. With prices assured and unlimited markets the farmer is war-ranted in disregarding the seeming higher first cost of a permanent tile construction. Ol-4 •GQouND•FLOOQ-DLAN-