ILLUSTRATIONS xv 



84. Single and Double Yard 156 



85. A Poultry House with a Double Yard 157 



86. An Ideal Fence for Poultry 158 



87. A Neat, Well-built Gate for a Poultry Fence 159 



88. An Open, Fresh Air Poultry House 162 



89. A Closed, Poorly Ventilated, Old Type of Poultry House . . 163 



90. Building a Concrete Floor to the Poultry House 164 



91. Four Ways of Ventilating the Poultry House 165 



92. Sketch Showing the Ideal Arrangement in a Poultry House . . 168 



93. An Old Grist Mill Remodelled Into a Poultry House 170 



94. An Old Tool Shed Remodelled Into a Poultry House 174 



95. The Completed Small-flock Poultry House 178 



96. Working Plans for Small-flock, Portable Poultry House 180 



97. Detail Drawing of Runners. 181 



98. Detail Drawing of Floor Joist 181 



99. The Runners and Floor Rafters in Place and Braced 182 



100. The Posts Erected and Braced 183 



101. Detail Drawing of Roof Rafter 184 



102. Boarding up the Walls 185 



103. Sketch Showing the Best Location of the Dropping Board. . 189 



104. The Best Form and Place for the Perches 190 



105. Two of the Best Types of Poultry Nests 191 



106. An Egg Crate Makes an Excellent Nest 192 



107. Nests Located Under the Dropping Platform 192 



108. An Efficient Homemade Hopper for Dry Mash 194 



109. White Leghorn Pullets Feeding from a Dry Mash Hopper . . . 194 



110. A Dust Box Built Into the Corner of a Laying Pen 195 



111. A Commercial Poultry House in Excellent Condition for the 



Layers 196 



112. Three Types of Poultry House Roofs 199 



113. A Poultry House Built of Hollow Tile and Stucco 200 



114. A Colony Laying House Which Will Hold Forty Hens 200 



115. A Double Section Multiple Unit Laying House 202 



116. Working Plans of a Multiple Unit Laying House 203 



117. A Long Laying House Containing Twelve Pens 205 



118. A Group of Small-flock Laying Houses 207 



119. A Double-pen Scratching Shed House 208 



120. A Gable Roof or Even Span Poultry House 209 



121. Composition of the Bird's Body 212 



122. The Amount of Nitrogen in Protein 214 



123. Corn Can be Raised on Every Farm 215 



124. The Digestive System of the Fowl 220 



125. The Characteristic Growth of the Corn Plant 227 



126. The Characteristic Growth of the Wheat Plant 228 



127. The Characteristic Growth of the Oat Plant 229 



128. The Characteristic Growth of the Barley Plant 229 



129. A Well Grown Sunflower Plant 230 



130. A Small Patch of Corn Can be Grown on Every Farm 235 



131. Mangel Beets Make the Best Whiter Succulence 238 



132. Leghorn Pullets Feeding on Heavy Alf alf a Pasture 239 



133. Soy Beans Can be Used for Both Shade and Green Feed 240 



134. The Maturing Pullet 242 



135. Leghorn Pullets on Range 246 



