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FIG. 32. A desirable location for a poultry building 



usually preferable to a western exposure, barring prevailing winds from 

 the east; like flowers, hens prefer morning to afternoon sun. 



Fig. 32 shows a desirable location, protected on the north by an 

 orchard, and on the west by a hill, the land well drained and sloping 

 gently to the south and east. It is also closely connected with the gen- 

 eral farm buildings. To the north and only a few rods away is a high- 

 way, from which passersby can see the fowls in the orchard, an excellent 

 advertising feature. 



The location of the building 



The poultry plant should be laid out with a view to saving steps. The 

 location of poultry houses has much to do with their convenience and 

 the saving of labor. Time is money. A man would have to walk 1,320 

 feet to go the rounds of the 16 houses shown in Fig. 33. To feed fowls 

 three times, water once, gather the eggs once, and clean house once daily, 

 would require six trips a day. The attendant would then walk 7,920 feet 

 a day, or 547 miles a year. Walking four miles an hour, it would take 

 136 hours, and at I2^c an hour would cost $17.00. If the 16 houses 

 are brought together into one continuous house (Fig. 34), the attendant 

 would make the round. by walking 540 feet. Six trips a day would 

 make 3,240 feet a day, or 223 miles a year, taking 55 hours and costing 

 $6.87 per year, a saving of 324 miles, of 81 hours, and of approximately 

 $10.00 a year. A horse and cart to carry the feed and water, eggs, litter, 

 cleanings, etc., in case of the colony plan, and a trolley through the con- 

 tinous house, could be made to save two or three trips a day, reducing the 

 amount of travel proportionately. A system of hopper feeding would 

 still further save a trip daily. 



