LIVE-STOCK AND DAIRYING. 



365 



A MODEL INCUBATOR. 



EXERCISE. Make a list of the varieties of poultry in your section. 

 Arrange them as to breeds, classes and types. What type is most 

 prevalent? Why? What is an egg type? What is a meat type? 

 What is a general-purpose type? What is an ornamental type? 

 Name the breeds and varieties in the American class, the Asiatic 

 class, the English class, the Mediterranean class. 



SECTION LVIII (B). POULTRY HOUSES AND CARE 

 OF POULTRY. 



By J. E. HALLIGAN, 

 Louisiana State Experiment Station. 



Methods of Housing. There are two methods of 

 housing poultry, namely: the colony system and the 

 apartment or continuous house system. 



The colony system consists of housing a few fowls 

 in small, usually portable, houses, where they have free 



