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in question will require a particular form of build- 

 ing that might not be advisable to construct on 

 another farm under very different conditions. It 

 is for each one to determine for himself that which 

 may answer his purpose best. There is no hard 

 and fast rule as to the construction of buildings 



*FiG. 39. Types of roofs, showing combination form. 



that will apply equally well to all of the vast multi- 

 tude of conditions under which fowls may be profit- 

 ably maintained on American farms. Each indi- 

 vidual poultryman should ever bear in mind the 

 ideal conditions for profitable work, and so construct 

 his buildings that the ideal may be approached 

 as nearly as possible. 



*Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 266. 



