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insulation and put roofing steel on them.
With this barn, Bob says, you can have a
warm, naturally ventilated barn, both
summer and winter and still have enough
air to keep the pigs comfortable.
An explanation of the project, which he
sent in to the Innovators Incentive
program sponsored federally and
provincially by the Ministry of
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portionately open or closed. The centre
outlet would remain wide open to
encourage maximum air change. The
least comfortable area in this instance
would be the back of the pen since it
would be the farthest from the now open
side doors, again encouraging clean
pens. The side doors would swing up to
protect the pigs from direct sunlight.
His brother does the combining for them
while Bob dries and stores grain and corn
in a grain dryer on his property.
Bob has only had pigs in the new barn
since early June, so he hasn't yet had a
chance to see how well the invention
works in winter but he's pleased with the
summer results. He started the building
in April.
THE RURAL VOICE/NOVEMBER 1980 PG. 33