. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The Principles of Brooding. 309 8. To be portable For convenience and economy in handling, provision must be made for moving the houses. When moving, the house is mounted on long skids fastened together. The skids are placed by the side of the house. Two men with bars or 2" x 4" sticks raise the house enough to get their bars under the run
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The Principles of Brooding. 309 8. To be portable For convenience and economy in handling, provision must be made for moving the houses. When moving, the house is mounted on long skids fastened together. The skids are placed by the side of the house. Two men with bars or 2" x 4" sticks raise the house enough to get their bars under the runners about one-third the way back. They can then easily work the house forward onto the skids. Cleats are nailed across these poles to keep the house from moving forward or backward. This method of moving has been found to be more satisfactory than bevel- ing the ends of the sills to form runners, and drawing the house on Fig. g2.—The use of the colony houses for the growing pullets. The houses are distributed in a corn field with plots of rape planted between the houses. A horse and wagon makes the'work lighter and faster. The runners are not strong enough to stand the strain of this latter method unless the hauls are short, infrequent and on level land. The house can be taken to fresh ground easily and frequently during the season, or to a new chicken park each year. This is a valuable feature in any system of brooding because it enables the flocks to get the benefit of free range. In many instances this colony house can be moved to meadows, pastures, or even corn fields where the chickens can enjoy the natural conditions for development, which are essential to strong, healthy bodies and rapid, normal growth. Very large poultry establishments must provide for turning the chickens on new, clean sod land at frequent intervals each year if possible, if the plant is to be. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e
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