Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . ected. Locate your buildings above the lowest part ofthe farm, thereby avoiding the settling or draining of the coldair into your buildings. Natural grass meadow land is a great deal more profitablethan a dry gravelly soil, where it is almost impossible to raiseanything. Have your buildings high and well drained, butdo not forget or neglect to have good grass land for a pasturagefor your poultry. Choose a good soil (get a soil map from yourexperiment station). If you are fortunate enough to have agood spring on a hillside of the farm or running water yo
Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . ected. Locate your buildings above the lowest part ofthe farm, thereby avoiding the settling or draining of the coldair into your buildings. Natural grass meadow land is a great deal more profitablethan a dry gravelly soil, where it is almost impossible to raiseanything. Have your buildings high and well drained, butdo not forget or neglect to have good grass land for a pasturagefor your poultry. Choose a good soil (get a soil map from yourexperiment station). If you are fortunate enough to have agood spring on a hillside of the farm or running water you willfind it a great asset. The size of the farm depends, of course, upon the extent ofyour futm-e plans. A 10-acre farm will take care of a thousandfowls and allow of your staying in the business large fields, square in shape, you will find that they areaccessible and easily ploughed and tilled. The accompanying plan (Fig. 89), designed by Mr. Thayer, 206 POULTRY CULTURE X \K^ il: M URrTCJ-DATE POULTRY-AND FRUIT FARM. Fig. 89.—A model of an up-to-date poultry plant. THE CONSTRUCTION OF POULTRY HOUSES 207 is square in shape, with the home buildings in the center,where you will have a full view of your poultry and buildingsat all times. It will be noted that in field No. 1 there are colony housesand fruit trees. This field is used for the growing of youngstock. The houses are made portable, that is, placed onrunners, so that they can be moved readily from field to of some description, either coal or oil heated, can beplaced in them and kept there till the youngsters no longerrequire heat. These hovers when not needed can be removed,and the growing stock allowed to remain in the same colonyhouse undisturbed. While field No. 1 is being used for the growing stock, fieldNo. 2 can be plowed and some useful crop grown. By alter-nating these fields from year to year we prevent the soil frombecoming contaminated with disease. Fields 3, 5, and 7 are alte
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