INTENSIVE AND SEMI-INTENSIVE POULTRY-KEEPING 



glass windows near the floor, one at each end 

 of the north wall sliding back when required, 

 and two similarly in the south wall. The runs 

 are divided in a line with the house, and the 

 birds can thus be turned into either run as 

 desired. These grass runs are used alter- 

 nately, say when the birds have run a week or 

 so on one side of the house they are turned into 

 the other. This allows the runs to freshen. 



better, as it keeps the birds at the feed. They 

 like change. This is well mixed, however, 

 before being given to the birds, and is then 

 thrown into the litter and raked amongst it. 

 The litter is cut straw, chaff, or peat moss. 

 There is also constantly before the birds a bran 

 hopper, in which is a mixture of one part 

 ground oats and three parts bran. At dinner- 

 time wc .!_;"i\e, iierhaps, a little more of the 



Interior of Mr. Tom Barron's Serai-intensive House. 



" As 1 have previously stated elsewhere, I 

 do not think a great deal of land is needed to 

 a house like this, because the birds are for a 

 greater part of tlic time in the Jiouse itself. An 

 acre with this size of building does very well 

 indeed. The house and the system are the 

 great points, not the amount of land. 



" The menu for the semi-intensive layers is 

 as follows : In the morning we feed a mixture 

 of oats, wheat, split Indian corn, a little coarse 

 wheat — say a decent sample of cockle — a few 

 split peas, and perhaps a little dari. The 

 more kinds of grain fed, in my opinion, the 



morning mixture — not a feed, but just a little 

 to keep the birds working. By this means 

 they are prevented from standing about on 

 one leg and catching colds, as they would do 

 with a warm, wet mash in the morning. 



"Towards night we feed, in the troughs, a 

 mash composed as follows : One-third part 

 bran, one-quarter part thirds or middlings, 

 one-quarter part biscuit meal, one-eighth part 

 meat meal, such as fish meal or granulated 

 meat, about one -eighth part clover meal or 

 alfalfa meal, changing the thirds sometimes 

 for ground oats. This we mix with water from 



