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POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



what similar to some of the Southern states and to certain 

 portions of the Pacific coast. 



At the Utah Station excellent records were secured under 

 more intensive conditions. The house was 100 feet long 

 and 10 feet wide, divided into pens 5x7 feet, leaving an 

 alley at the back. The outside runs were 5 x 40. There 

 was a glass window in each pen which was opened during 



A SCRATCHING SHED 



This shed is an advantage where house room is limited. The ventilation^ in 

 this house is secured through the door, which is covered with poultry netting 

 only, and between the plate and roof at the rear. 



the day except during severe cold weather. Here with 7 

 square feet floor space and 40 feet yard space, one pen 

 averaged 201 eggs, and individual records as high as 241 

 were secured. At the Oregon Station the portable colony 

 house has been used exclusively. This house is 8 x 12 feet 

 with open front. A pen average of 212 eggs from 40 fowls 

 was secured, with an individual record of 303. The yard 

 space was about 150 square feet per fowl, the house being 

 moved once during the year on to another yard of equal 

 size. 



