Agriculture .. . om can be made on the south side, in-:- such a way that it will be warm, light, and wellSprfgS^BS; ventilated, it will do very well. If there is a Fig. 273. Cornish Indian Game Cock, warm, Covered shed, opening to the SOUth, inBy courtesy of R. I. Ex. Station. 1111 the barnyard, where the hens can run inwinter, it will be a great advantage to so plan the house as to give themready access to it. The cost of a hen-house is not necessarily great, but with-out doubt they are many times far loocheaply and flimsily constructed. Oneshould not go into poultry keepingon any extended sc
Agriculture .. . om can be made on the south side, in-:- such a way that it will be warm, light, and wellSprfgS^BS; ventilated, it will do very well. If there is a Fig. 273. Cornish Indian Game Cock, warm, Covered shed, opening to the SOUth, inBy courtesy of R. I. Ex. Station. 1111 the barnyard, where the hens can run inwinter, it will be a great advantage to so plan the house as to give themready access to it. The cost of a hen-house is not necessarily great, but with-out doubt they are many times far loocheaply and flimsily constructed. Oneshould not go into poultry keepingon any extended scale until one hasdecided to follow the business and,having decided to follow it, it pays tobuild in such a manner as to securereasonable permanency. There are twoleading types of henhouses now ingeneral use and both with good provides for each flock of fowls ascratching shed, which can be thrownopen to the south, as well as a closedcompartment for roosts and nests. In the other type no scratching shed. Fig. 273a. Cornish Indian Game courtesy 0/ D. E. Salmon, Chief Bureau ofA nimal Industry, U S. Dept. of Agriculture. ANIMAL HUSBANDR V. 801 is provided, each flock of fowls having but a single room. If the latterplan of construction is adopted the windows should be so put inthat they can be opened in the warm part of the day. In order thatthey may do their best, accommodations for fowls should be so plannedthat not more than twenty-five hens at the outside shall be kept inone flock. Twelve or fifteen where kept for egg production will dobetter, and fifteen fowls will require a house about 10 by 12 feet insize.
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