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7. To he usable the year round 



The gasoline-heated colony 

 brooder-house is large enough 

 to accommodate 1 2 to 15 fowls 

 when not in use for rearing 

 chickens. This enables the 

 investment to be used the 

 entire year, a decided advan- 

 tage over any system of 

 brooding which compels a 

 large amount of capital to be 

 idle except during the com- 

 paratively short brooding 

 season. 



When the house is used 

 singly for mature fowls, the 

 two-section droppings plat- 

 form, hinged in the middle, 



Fig. 88. — Side view of the " A^' -shaped house 

 eqtdpped for a winter laying pen. D, drop- 

 pings platform; E, support to droppings 

 platform; N, nests; R, roosts 



is swung from the plates and is supported at the back side by cleats 

 and at the front side by a 2" x 2" stick 8' long, with beveled ends 

 to fit under the roof boards. (Figs. 88, 89). The nests are arranged 

 along either side of the house, or fastened with screws underneath the 



platform. (Figs. 88, 89.) In 

 order to prevent the litter 

 from being scratched out of 

 the house, all door and win- 

 dow openings should be raised 

 three inches above the floor. 

 While a house of the style 

 suggested is not the best for 

 mature stock, since it is too 

 small and not to be recom- 

 mended when the building is 

 to be used for adult fowls 

 only, nevertheless it can be 

 put to most profitable use 

 during the larger part of 



Fig. 89.— Front view of the " A "-shaped house the year when not used in 

 equipped for a winter laying pen. D, drop- rearing or housing the yOUng 

 pings platform; N, nests; R, roosts. Stock. 



