Color Clip Art - Housing

Condensation principles (151K)
A cold surface, such as a glass of ice water, can cool surrounding warm moist air until it no longer can hold the water vapor it is carrying. The result is condensation on the cold surface, or ice if the surface is cold enough.

Large ventilation wall fan (447K)
Exhaust ventilation fan used to provide fresh air and cooling to resting grow-finishing pigs.

Partly slotted floor finisher (207K)
Grow-finish pigs with a round feeder on partly slotted floor.

Shed and outside lot (192K)
Grow-finish pigs in a partly-slotted shed and outside lot, with large round feeder.

Aerial view of Pork Unit (303K)
Pork production operation on a family farm in S. Indiana.

Cartoon showing pig enjoying the good life (180K)

Naturally ventilated grow-finish building (248K)
Curtain is fastened at the top and opens from the bottom. Ration is high-moisture corn.

Mono-slope buildings (251K)
These building are designed and oriented to maximize penetration of solar energy during winter by taking advantage of the fact that the winter sun is low in the southern sky. During summer, the roof overhang provides shade protection for the animals.

Gestation sows on pasture with hutch housing (221K)
Sows are fed and watered on concrete pads from road adjacent to pasture to control mud.

Sows on pasture, with shade structures (234K)

Shed and outside lot (292K)
Lot is sloped to one corner where rainfall runoff can be controlled. A settling basin removes most of the manure solids that are washed off the lot. Effluent is diverted to cropland where the manure nutrients are utilized. In larger lots, lot runoff would be stored in a holding pond and irrigated onto cropland.

Growing pigs in a flush gutter (288K)
Water is flushed though the buildings several times each day to remove manure. Pigs tend to dung in this channel, keeping the rest of their pen clean. In areas where fresh water is not abundant, the flushed water can be treated in lagoon before recycling. In this case, a slotted floor would be used to prevent disease transmission.

Feedlot holding pond (278K)
Used to collect runoff containing manure solids from an outside lot. Runoff is stored until it can be irrigated onto cropland to utilize the nutrients.

Naturally ventilated grow-finish barn (273K)
Barn is insulated to protect against both cold and hot weather. The narrow width allows fresh air to move freely across the room.
NOTE: Pen partitions adjacent to aisleway should be relatively open, such as oven wire, to allow cross-flow of ventilation air.

Liquid manure vacuum tanker (244K)
Being used to remove manure from storage and apply it to cropland where the manure nutrients can be utilized.

Bulk feed tank for finish pigs (216K)

Mechanically ventilated grow-finish building (197K)
Fan ventilated buildings tend to provide more consistent environment than naturally ventilated units.

Last updated: December 3, 2001

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