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1Reabing*(Ioutse for Jfarmers 



Published Monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture 

 AT Cornell University from November to March, and Entered at 

 Ithaca as Second-Class Matter under Act of Congress July i6, 1894 

 L. H. Bailey. Director. 



SERIES VII. 

 HELPS FOR READING. 



ITHACA, N. Y., No. i3. 



JANUARY, 1907. POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 



QUESTIONS ON POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 



[^4 Supplement to Bulletin 16.] 

 By James E. Rice and R. C. Lawry. 



Since the Reading-Course Lesson number 16 of the Poultry Series 

 was issued, many questions have been asked about the building of poultry 

 houses. Many requests have been received also for plans of a poultry 

 house which we could recommend for the State of New York. Informa- 



FiG. 345. — The completed house. 



tion regarding the value of trap nests and how to make them has fre- 

 quently been sought. This Supplement to Bulletin 16 is intended to 

 answer some of the most important questions which have been asked by 

 readers to furnish working plans, estimates of materials required and 



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