. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 158 POULTRY CULTURE by their companions. For roosts of scantling, as described above, up to 8 feet long, no intermediate supports are needed. For longer roosts supports at intervals of 5 to 8 feet, according to the length of the roost, must be provided. The intermediate support is usually a strip of furring placed under the roosts and at right angles to them, with one end attached to the wall back of them and the other to a similar strip or a wire suspended from the roof. By attaching the support to the wall and roof the floor space is ke
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 158 POULTRY CULTURE by their companions. For roosts of scantling, as described above, up to 8 feet long, no intermediate supports are needed. For longer roosts supports at intervals of 5 to 8 feet, according to the length of the roost, must be provided. The intermediate support is usually a strip of furring placed under the roosts and at right angles to them, with one end attached to the wall back of them and the other to a similar strip or a wire suspended from the roof. By attaching the support to the wall and roof the floor space is kept clear. When droppings boards are used below short roosts, the roost may be supported independently. When long roosts have. Fig. 249. Interior of compartment in long house of Maine Experiment Station (Photograph from the station) droppings boards under them, intermediate supports (and some- times all supports) may rest on the droppings boards. Various styles of support are used, some of wood, others of iron. As these supports interfere more or less with the work of removing the- droppings,- many poultry keepers prefer to attach intermediate roost supports to wall and roof, as when no droppings boards are used. Droppings boards. Droppings boards seem to have been adopted first for the easy collection of hen manure free from other matter, at a time when it could be profitably sold to tanneries. The drop- pings board is a platform under the roosts, of such width that all. 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 Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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