. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. Pig. 3. A Tent Shaped Colony Plan Pig. 4. Colony Plan House. Fig. S. Brick House — for the Colony Plan. this size would not be overcrowded with twentv-five to thirty hens of the small or medium sized breeds. If new material must be bought and building labor hired, it does not generally pay to use brick and stone. If such materials are at hand, or can be procured at trifling cost, and the building done by the poul- tryman, there is no econom)' in rejecting them. Facility in making use of available building materials, foods, e
. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. Pig. 3. A Tent Shaped Colony Plan Pig. 4. Colony Plan House. Fig. S. Brick House — for the Colony Plan. this size would not be overcrowded with twentv-five to thirty hens of the small or medium sized breeds. If new material must be bought and building labor hired, it does not generally pay to use brick and stone. If such materials are at hand, or can be procured at trifling cost, and the building done by the poul- tryman, there is no econom)' in rejecting them. Facility in making use of available building materials, foods, etc., is one test of a man's ability as a poultryman. Provided the house conforms to the essentials stated in ^[27, the widest latitude may be taken in using materials. Good houses have been log houses, grout houses, adobe houses. Poul- try houses have been made with walls and roofs of old railroad ties, the crevices being filled with mud, and A Colony Plan Scratching Shed 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, I. S. Johnson & co.
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