CHAPTER III 



PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF MODERN 

 POULTRY HOUSES 



f | ^HERE are several types and many designs 

 of poultry houses. Broadly speaking, 



JL however, all poultry houses may be classi- 

 fied in three divisions. The two extremes are known 

 as " continuous houses " and as " colony houses," 

 Determining while the intermediate system is called 

 the Type of the " scratching-shed house." 

 House Continuous houses are those that 



are divided into a number of similar pens, all 

 under the same roof. The plan is illustrated in 

 the picture, " A Modern Continuous House," 

 and such houses may be built any length and 

 size desired, and other pens may be added to 

 either end of the building from time to time with- 

 out in any way altering the general character or 

 construction of the house. 



Scratching-shed houses are simply open sheds 

 alternated with closed houses. The open sheds 

 furnish a protected place for the feeding and exer- 

 cising of the fowls during the day, while the closed 



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