Egg money, how to increase it; a book of complete and reliable information on the more profitable production of eggs on the city lot, the village acre and the farm eggmoneyhowtoinc00nour Year: 1908 110 EGG MONEY dow in the south side, sometimes more, according to the length, and a door. The walls are between three and six feet high, generally nearer six than three. Just outside the door we find a crate, often a common strawberry crate, for cooping broody hens until they desist. Except in severe weather we also find a bucket for water and a feed trough, also just outside the door. The Inside
Egg money, how to increase it; a book of complete and reliable information on the more profitable production of eggs on the city lot, the village acre and the farm eggmoneyhowtoinc00nour Year: 1908 110 EGG MONEY dow in the south side, sometimes more, according to the length, and a door. The walls are between three and six feet high, generally nearer six than three. Just outside the door we find a crate, often a common strawberry crate, for cooping broody hens until they desist. Except in severe weather we also find a bucket for water and a feed trough, also just outside the door. The Inside Fittings. The interior has the necessities, nothing more. You always find a bank of a dozen or so nest boxes on the wall, Equipment for Distributing Food and Water and Gathering Eggs on a Rliode Island Egg Farm. a hopper or two for feeding grain and scraps and the roost poles. The latter generally rest on cross pieces nailed to the walls and are usually at the west end of the house, about two feet from the ground, for the floor of these houses is always sand, loam, or a mixture. There are seldom any droppings boards, the droppings collecting on the ground. To prevent them being scratched all over the floor a board six or eight inches wide is placed on edge across the floor of the house. As these houses are thoroughly cleaned but twice a year, the odor that would arise from the droppings creates a problem. It is this fact that makes the elimina- tion of drop-boards advisable for there is less odor where the droppings fall into loam or sand. Occasionally sand or loam from the opposite end of the house is shoveled
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