. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . 41—HOUSES FOR LEGHORNS ON A CONNECTICUT POULTRY PLANT the laws of inheritance and transmission are as true with birds as with cattle, sheep and horses, and, when we consider the wonderful changes that have been made in the form, feather and egg production of hens since their domestication commenced, there is ample reason for assuming that a higher average egg production than the present can
. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . 41—HOUSES FOR LEGHORNS ON A CONNECTICUT POULTRY PLANT the laws of inheritance and transmission are as true with birds as with cattle, sheep and horses, and, when we consider the wonderful changes that have been made in the form, feather and egg production of hens since their domestication commenced, there is ample reason for assuming that a higher average egg production than the present can be secured by breeding only from those birds which are themselves great producers. The purpose of this work should not be misunderstood. We are not trying to breed stock that shall average to yield 200 eggs per year. If the average yield of the hens of the breed should be increased to the extent of a dozen eggs per bird, the value of this work would be many fold its cost. HOW THE GREAT LAYERS ARE HOUSED All of this breeding stock is housed in a long poultry house, which is one hundred and fifty by sixteen feet in size, eleven feet high in front and six feet high at the back. There are thirteen pens ten by sixteen feet and at the east end a feed cook room twentj- by sixteen feet in size. In the south front are sixteen twelve-light windows of ten by twelve glass set in the upper half of the front so that the light is radiated over the center and rear of the pens, and below them are sixteen three-light windows of ten by twelve glass which light the space beneath the walk; all of these windows are double, the outside sash being hinged at the top so thej- may be swung out to permit an inflow of fresh air on mild, sunny days. Small ventilating spaces are cut high up in the front, between each two pens, and covered by low "hoods" to exclude snow and rain. These permit an outflow of the impure air of the interior at the same time that the slightly opened large win- dows giv
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