The Monticellonian., 1915-06-03

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agricultural
 For use of many of the pig clubs of the South, as well as southern farm CTS. the portable hog house described in United States Department of Agri- culture Farmers Bulletin No. 566 af- lords practical working plan. It may not be practical or feasible for member of pig club or farmer to build house just as it is described below. but the following plan has proved to be good one. Often more or less of the house can be made from waste blanks or boards found about the farm
 It is a portable house built of one by twelve-inch plank with the cracks covered with batten. It is open at the front and should be placed facing the south The floor is eight feet wide and six feet from back to front, and is nailed to three runners or skids The skids may be made of lumber or poles about six inches in diameter and fiattened on one side to which the floor is nailed. To facilitate the nov ing of the house by use of team, a large hole is bored through the front end of the outer skids. so that chain may be fastened to them. A piece of two by four material is nailed on the outer edges of the top of the floor to prevent the house from spread ing at the bottom.
 Each side of the house is made of 6 pieces of 1 by 12 inch plank feet long, nailed to a piece of ? by lying flat about inches from the top of the plank, another about 312 feet from the top, and a piece of by nailed edgewise about Il inches from the bottom. This should be braeed at each end of the underside by a right-angle block of by inch ma terial nailed to the rail and to the side of the house. The long piece of 2 by 8 will act as a guard under which the young pigs may take shelter when the SOW lies down. This will save many pigs from being crushed to death.
 The back of the house fits between the two sides in groove made by mailing two pieces of 1 by 11a inch material lengthwise on the inner side of each side of the house. The house is then set up" on the floor and the sides held together by mailing a short piece of 1 by inch plank across the front and back of the house about hn1 1,a tAY, hsc will prevent it from being blown down by the wind or a storm. A saddle board made by mailing two pieces of 1 by inch plank together can then be put over the ridge of the house to keep out rain.
 A house built thus can be moved on the skids or can be taken down by removing the l by inch brace from the front and the back of the house. If the house is located in an open field where there is danger of heavy winds, guy wire should be securely fastened in each side of the house near the top and fastened to a stake driven deep into the ground. This is precaution which will justify the trouble required, so 1t may save a litter of pigs from being crushed in case of storm. Such house can be constructed without the take down" feature, and by securely nail ing it will not need the guy wire Some dirt may be thrown up at the front of the house to the level of the floor so that young pigs may enter without trouble.
 The material necessary to build this house is as follows:
 Thirteen pieces 1 by 12 inch by 16 feet for sides, back and floor of house; nine pieces 16-foot batten; three by 1 inch by F feet for framework; two pieces by s inch by 12 feet for pig rail or guard; one piece l by inch by $ feet for saddle hoard; three poles for skids; nails.
 Total, PIP board feet of lumber. IA