Sty

A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs as livestock.

Before refrigeration, some family farms depended on pigs as a primary source of meat and shortening (lard) for year-round food.

Many family farm hog pens were improvised enclosures made of any handy free material.

Historically, these farms fed hogs on grain, fruit and vegetables that are not fit for sale or family use.

Hogs were also fed "slops" made from middlings or corn meal stirred with milk and water.