. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... !~c:ii^j//i^ /iot^c-yf C- C: Vuvi = i^f fe.^ A I? D a3 <^ c %. / ^ %1*. / ^.y^ ; c ;* ^ ^:.^ %? ^.^ fe^ t ^ %„ ^<- ^- ^--^ ^^ ffange -nfth Colony %. %.- 4 O C- ^^ C) 1_J ^.o.^.-Efl CA-cA^ LZT I I La|y1Hg| HOUSE I «-,. ° - ° l£. , :^ HrGHWAY FIG. 2—PRACTICAL GROUND PI^N FOR A LARGE COMMERCIAL POULTRY PLANTIn the proportions here indicated this plan calls for about 10 acres, but it can readily be expanded or reduced tomeet individual requirements without any material change in arrangement of departmen


. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... !~c:ii^j//i^ /iot^c-yf C- C: Vuvi = i^f fe.^ A I? D a3 <^ c %. / ^ %1*. / ^.y^ ; c ;* ^ ^:.^ %? ^.^ fe^ t ^ %„ ^<- ^- ^--^ ^^ ffange -nfth Colony %. %.- 4 O C- ^^ C) 1_J ^.o.^.-Efl CA-cA^ LZT I I La|y1Hg| HOUSE I «-,. ° - ° l£. , :^ HrGHWAY FIG. 2—PRACTICAL GROUND PI^N FOR A LARGE COMMERCIAL POULTRY PLANTIn the proportions here indicated this plan calls for about 10 acres, but it can readily be expanded or reduced tomeet individual requirements without any material change in arrangement of departments. This sketch Is drawn toscale except the range, which is reduced at broken lines to keep within page limits. Chick nursery and home gardenare to be alternated to keep the soil free from disease germs. Yards and pens are planned for 100-hen flocks but if Leg-horns are kept the flocks probably will be much larger and most of the division fences omitted. The orchard on theriKht side affords ideal quarters for breeding fowls and brooder chicks conHned to temporary yards when the chicks are able to look out for themselves they are f. he transferred to the larger range in the rear. LOCATING AND PLANNING POULTRY HOUSES disease is much greater. Wherever it is possible, landenough


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