The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . Construction of Roosts A few inches of sand or gravel on the surface will be very usefulin preventing the formation of mud. If the house is shelteredfrom the north and northwest winds by a group of evergreens,this will be a decided advantage in the colder parts of thecountry. UNUSED BUILDINGS.—Sometimes there is already onthe farm a small building which has been used for implements or POLt PLATFORU NESTS HESTS MISTS Fig. 7—Sectional View of riatform and Nests animals, and which is no l
The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . Construction of Roosts A few inches of sand or gravel on the surface will be very usefulin preventing the formation of mud. If the house is shelteredfrom the north and northwest winds by a group of evergreens,this will be a decided advantage in the colder parts of thecountry. UNUSED BUILDINGS.—Sometimes there is already onthe farm a small building which has been used for implements or POLt PLATFORU NESTS HESTS MISTS Fig. 7—Sectional View of riatform and Nests animals, and which is no longer needed for those purposes. Such abuilding may be easily fitted for poultry by cutting a small doorin one side and placing roosts and nests in the interior. DISEASES OF 613 INEXPENSIVE STRUCTURES.—In case there is nobuilding suitable for remodeling into a poultry house, aninexpensive lean-to may be built (Fig. i), or a new building. Fig. 8—Sectional View of Concealed or Darkened Nest constructed. A house for this purpose should be planned with aview to simplicity, economy and convenience, while supplyingthe conditions proper for successful poultry keeping. One of thesimplest forms of poultry house is shown in Fig. 2, and the ground
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