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  • Winter view of afarm in the foggy mist of morning, wooden fence and farmer leading horse as sun rises behind
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  • An older farmer and his young apprentice stand talking in a barn. He ponders her words as she expresses a thought to him.

Swine

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Here’s a floor plan for a midsized swine shed allowing for 12 pens and a generous central feed alley. Whereas in 1940 this might have featured substantial masonry construction, today many will find treated woods and metal siding to be slightly more economical. Building materials aside, the real value of this plan is in communicating something of the square footage optimal for hog housing.