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of 100 acres or even 200 acres can get better results from 

 his labor by colonizing his hens all over the farm than 

 the man with 20 acres and 5,000 hens closer together, but 

 the poultrymen with the large farms are undoubtedly 

 handling the business at better profit than those on limited 

 acreage near town. The saving of steps by building houses 



CLEANING OUT THE HOUSES ON THE REARDON FARM 



There are no dropping platforms. The roost perches are pushed out at one 

 end of the house, the manure scraped out the door and thrown onto a sled, 

 then lime is scattered on the floor. 



close together does not necessarily lessen the labor or re- 

 duce the cost of producing a dozen eggs. 



The important question is the maintenance of vigor and 

 productive qualities in the fowls. Where the acreage is 

 so limited that the ground is kept bare of vegetation the 

 year around, is muddy in wet weather and hard and warm 

 in dry weather, the conditions are more favorable for loss 



