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A poultry yard may be made an attractive feature of the back- 

 yard 153 



A backyard Louse in which 25 hens averaged 188 eggs, . . . . 154 



Another backyard system 155 



A plan for backyard poultry keeping 156 



The first and not the worst poultry house 163 



About the worst poultry house that was ever built 164 



An unsatisfactory poultry house 165 



A boy with a "safe" horse and "spring" wagon gathers the 



eggs 170 



A rear view of the Missouri house, showing ventilation . . . . 171 



The Missouri Poultry Station house 172 



The Oregon Station's first open front colony house 177 



The improved Oregon Station portable house 178 



The Oregon Station pullet-testing yards 179 



Special breeding yards, Oregon Station 180 



A colony house at the Utah Station 181 



A scratching shed is an advantage where the house room is 



limited 182 



A cheap shed for fowls 183 



Colony houses used on a Rhode Island poultry farm . . . .- 184 



Piano boxes utilized for hen houses 185 



Stationary 100-hen house. Oregon Station 188 



Curtain-front house 189 



The nests arranged under the dropping platform 197 



A good broody coop 198 



The Oregon Station trapnest 200 



Taking Lady Macduff from the trapnest when she laid her 



303d egg 201 



Portable fence 204 



Showing how fence may be constructed 205 



A balanced ration 219 



The relative amounts of ash, fat, protein and water in eggs. . 220 



Balanced ration for one hen for a year 226 



Digestive organs of the fowl 235 



Chickens threshing their own grain 238 



Oregon Station outdoor dry food hopper 255 



A good roaster 275 



Feeding battery for fattening 277 



Feeding Station 279 



