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nursery brooder, the chicks being kept here a fortnight 

 or so and during that time not permitted to get out 

 upon the ground. The house as built is sixty by four- 

 teen feet. The basement is divided into two parts by 

 a tight wall, one being used as an incubator cellar and 

 the other root cellar. The alleyway is practically sus- 

 pended in the cellar, the floor being high enough from 

 the cellar floor to permit a row of incubators being set 

 underneath. 



Figure five represents a house building in Pennsyl- 

 vania. The idea of this house is to enable one man to 

 attend to a large number of birds. It is designed for 

 the production of broilers in the winter-time and ducks 

 in the spring. 



ARRANGEMENT OF BUILDINGS. 



The araiigement of buildings should provide for easy 

 communication with the office or dwelling of the man- 

 ager, ready access to the highway and direct passage 

 from building to building, without retracing or wasting 

 of steps. 



The appearance of the buildings and of the poultry 

 plant as a whole should be made attractive and thus 

 advertise the business in a very pleasing and effective 

 way. 



Even if there is to be only a single hen house on the 

 place the selection of a suitable site is worthy of careful 

 study. The relation of the building to the dwelling 

 house and other buildings of the estate, the convenience 

 of the poultry keeper and the comfort of the fowls 

 should not be neglected. 



If several or many buildings are to be erected on 

 the farm or poultry plant the choice of a convenient 

 central site for the headquarters building and the group- 

 ing of the various structures in relation to this point 

 and to each other will demand some study. A plat or 

 plan of the plant should be drawn, showing the bound- 

 aries and contour of the area and also indicating the 

 position of iny streams, trees and other fixtures that are 

 present. 



