BROILERS AND ROASTERS. 



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plenty of head room where he 



has to do his work, and at the 



same time makes his work 



easier, because the pen floors 



being at the height of the knee 



or a little above, he is saved 



a great deal of stooping, an 



item of economy in labor that 



does not amount to much in 



caring for a few brooders, but 



$ means a great deal where many 



*2 hundreds or a few thousands 



c of chicks are grown artificially. 







* The width of the house is- 

 I 1 4 ft., the length of each pen 

 % being 10 -ft., and the inside* 

 1 width of the walk 3 ft. 9 in, 

 jt Each pen is 5 ft. wide, and is 

 lighted by a half window (6-- 

 \ lights- 9 x 12) in the middle of 

 < the front of pen. At the side- 

 of 1 this window, as shown im 

 the picture of the exterior of 

 the house, is the small open- 

 ing giving the chicks access 

 to the yard connecting withi 

 each pen. An inclined plat- 

 form with strips of lath tacked: 

 across it to give the chicks 

 foothold, extends in front of 

 the house- the full width of each* 



