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AN EGG FARM. 



yards. , Figure 83 is a ground plan that will further 

 assist the reader to understand the arrangement of the 

 runways and pens. Let 1, 1, 1, 1 represent one row of 



FIG. 79. TILT BOXES PAKTLY TUKNED. 



end pens, which we will call the " nearby" pens, mean- 

 ing those which are at the end the most convenient for 

 access of the poultry keeper. These are for four flocks 

 respectively, 2, 2, 2, 2 being the distant end yards for the 



