I noticed here the best arrangement for feeding swine that I had ever seen before, and of a very simple character.
Instead of revolving troughs, or those that are to be pulled out like drawers to be cleaned, a long, stationary one, generally of iron, extends across the whole breadth of the compartment next to the feeding passage.

The board or picket-fence forming this end of the enclosure, from eight to twelve feet in length, is hung on a pivot at each side, playing in an iron ring or socket let into each of the upright posts that support it.

Midway in the lower rail of this fence is a drop bolt which falls into the floor just behind the trough.

At the feeding time, the man has only to raise this bolt and let it fall on the inner side, and he has the whole length and width of the trough free to clear with a broom and to fill with the feed.

Then, raising the bolt, and bringing it back to its first place, the operation is performed in a minute with the greatest economy and convenience.
There was one feature of this great farm home which I regarded with much satisfaction.