. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. fix. H (Cornell Experiment Station) Fig. ioi.—Different arrangements for roosts and nests. A, Roosts and nests suspended from rafters, clear of rear wall; B, roosts and nests built on shelf attached to rear wall; C, a complicated arrangement; D, nests are too low for convenience; E, no provision for nests; F, no dropping-boards— manure falls to floor; G, wall arrangement for nests; H, open nest, which per- mits fo
. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. fix. H (Cornell Experiment Station) Fig. ioi.—Different arrangements for roosts and nests. A, Roosts and nests suspended from rafters, clear of rear wall; B, roosts and nests built on shelf attached to rear wall; C, a complicated arrangement; D, nests are too low for convenience; E, no provision for nests; F, no dropping-boards— manure falls to floor; G, wall arrangement for nests; H, open nest, which per- mits fowls to roost upon it. of clean, fresh water; yet that is no reason why she should be allowed to do so, any more than she should be permitted to eat putrid animal matter, which this perverse creature is sure to do if given the opportunity. Nature, it seems, has not seen fit to modify the fowl's instincts to conform to a civilization more in- tensive than was her original state; consequently, inasmuch as we have taken upon ourselves the responsibility of surrounding the hen with more or less artificial conditions, and induced her to be several times more productive than normal, it behooves us. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885-. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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