The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-11-13
BUILDS MODEL HOG HOUSE
Hanover Township Farmer Has Built
the Last Word in the Way Of a
Sunlit Hog House

AuUISW OAO " SA~"
ford c0unty's progressive farmers, has
a model hog house nearly completed
on his farm in Hanover township, sew
en- miles northwest of Denison. ex-
y pect this hog house to be the best one
III the county when completed, and !
would not be surprised il was told
that there is not a better one in north
western Iowa. 1t Is certainly a perma-
/ nent structure, for its four walls and
floor are of masonry. Hollow clay
blocks Is the material used for walls
and floor made of concrete. A COM
plete drainage system has been placed
\ underneath the floor. Five inch drain
tile by the hundreds, were laid be-
meath the surface of the ground be-
fore the cement floor was made. The
building has hip roof, we'll support
ed, and, aside from the roof, the build
ing is fireproof.
The building is 36x4O; nearly
square, as you will notice. 1t is a
very attractive building. and adds
beauty to the farm. At the peak of
the roof metal cupola ventilator has
been placed. There are many screen
ed windows In the roof, but none
Of them are the ventilating kind.
There are several windows in the side
walls with hinged sash. Plenty Of
doors OF sufficient size to admit big
1 type hog have been provided and they
are well hinged and have good fasten-
ers to be used when the doors are
y closed or course there are large
doors in the end of the building to ad-
NIT two editors abreast, or one husky
farmer.
The interior of building is divided
OF into pens, with alley ways between.
Three grain. bins are being built in
the north end Of building and water
has been piped to the interior OF
building. There are twenty-four, pens
and three grain bins in the build
ing. The removable partitions may
I be so manipulated as to throw the en-
tire house into one large room or pen.
BY the way, wouldn't this make a
grand place for conducting public
sale?
The food of diffused light that per-
vades every nook and corner Of this
sunlit building is one Of its main fea-
lures. There are other features as
we'll. will try, in my feeble, STAN
mering way, to tell them.
With all the sows under one cover
during the narrowing season, the eff
cheney Of a unit of labor is greatly
INCREASED. It is easy to give the sows
CLOSE attention and the work is more
pleasant to the attendant if he works
In such building. Everything need.
ed is right at hand and his work is
more effective, for he can accomplish
more, thus surrounded, than he could
II working under less favorable con
ditions.
With its large overhead space it
I will require less frequent changing
OF air, which make the ventilation
much easier to control. Much room
over the pens can be used for storage
purposes etc. -.
The direct sunshine is more prac.
tically secured in this type of build.
ing, because of the better natural ad.
vantages of great height, width and
larger dimensions, and bigger roof.
Mr.. Sonnichsen told me there was
quite a saving in expense Of building
I the roof Of this building over what it
would have been had he built it 20x
80, as first planned. ~
The great convenience of indoor
feed bins and water taps is clear in
this building. It will not be neces-
sary to 60 out of doors for feed for
the hogs In stormy weather, as suffi-
Gent amount of feed for stormy
weather can be stored beneath it's
large roof
The yermin proof masonry con-
struction and the smooth cement floor
greatly facilitates and encourages
sanitation The cracks of wooden
swalls, which harbor lice, are absent
In the walls built Of hollow tile brick.
/ It is asking too much Of the. brood