PROGRESSIVE POULTRY RAISING 



but in ordinary years, the winter egg production, which 

 is the most profitable production, would be very seriously 

 interfered with. 



Plans of a very successful laying house, taken from the 

 New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 325, 

 are shown on page 29 which give the arrangement of 

 perches, nests, watering devices and feed hoppers. In 

 all those sections where it is not unusually dry, it would 

 be advisable to put in a layer of coarse crushed rock below 

 the cement floor in order to keep out the moisture that is 

 constantly working up through the ground and, unless 

 prevented, through the floor into the hen house. Proper 

 construction of the floor of the hen house is one of the 

 most important items. 



Attention is also called to the ventilator at the rear of 

 the house behind the dropping boards which allows for a 

 summer ventilation. The space immediately behind and 

 above the dropping boards is fixed so that the draft cannot 

 strike the birds when at roost but will pass above or below 

 them. 



Good results from the flock depend 

 Care of the to a marked degree upon the care of 



House tne building that houses them. The 



house that is not cleaned and thor- 

 oughly sprayed at intervals is almost sure to harbor mites 

 and lice and to be filthy as well. Filth provides a great 

 place, not only for the breeding of mites, but for the 

 development of disease germs. 



The chicken house should be thoroughly cleaned out 

 and the floor, walls, ceiling and fixtures thoroughly 

 drenched with some powerful disinfectant at least twice 

 a year, preferably the early spring and in the fall. A three 

 per cent solution of a coal tar stock dip will serve. Besides 

 these thorough cleanings, the litter kept in the house 



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