. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... -MISSOURI PorLlIfiPhoto Horn KUONT AND SIDE HOUSES FOR COMMERCIAL LAYING FLOCKS 43 be about six feet long and is built intothe partition where it is least in the wayof the caretaker. We consider the outside dust wallow agreat improvement over the old style in-door dust box. It has the advantage ofbeing outside, out of the way. It givesadditional floor space at little cost. Itreceives the sunlight frofi three sides andvery little dust can get into the dust wallow should have a concretefloor which is on a level with that
. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... -MISSOURI PorLlIfiPhoto Horn KUONT AND SIDE HOUSES FOR COMMERCIAL LAYING FLOCKS 43 be about six feet long and is built intothe partition where it is least in the wayof the caretaker. We consider the outside dust wallow agreat improvement over the old style in-door dust box. It has the advantage ofbeing outside, out of the way. It givesadditional floor space at little cost. Itreceives the sunlight frofi three sides andvery little dust can get into the dust wallow should have a concretefloor which is on a level with that of thehouse. The roof is made on a frame sothat it can be lifted off by two men forconvenience in renewing the supply offine sand, which seems to be the mostsatisfactory material for this purpose. There will be little necessity for labori-ously handling fowls and dusting or oth-erwise treating them for -CROSS SECTION OF MISSOURI OPEN-FRONT POULTRY HOUSE:Reproduced from Bui. 80, University of Missouri. THE MISSOURI POULTRY HOUSEIs Proving Quite Popular in the Middle West, Partic-ularly On Farms. Is Lighted On All-Sidesand Has Straw Loft. By PROF. H. I,. KEMPSTER* T4ie Missouri Poultry House has been designed bythe Poultry Department of the Iniversity of Missouri,College of Agriculture, to meet the demand for a houseof such size as to accommodate the average Missourifarm flock and also be adapted to Missouri conditions. Since the average farm poultry flock in Missouri isfrom 100 to ISO hens, this house is 20 feet square, thesquare house being the most economical to construct andaffording a maximum amount of floor space. The ridgeof the roof runs north and south, the roof being of equalspans. The walls are five feet at the eaves. It is elevenfeet high at the peak. The soitth side contains a door in , n n n n II II l| . II 1 ii Ii II Jl II ij 11- ^P^—1—1— , , .. (J ,^ 0 ? ;? !
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