HOUSING OF POULTRY 183 



Iii the Missouri laying competition, a well-ventilated, 

 small house was used. In this house Lady Showyou made 

 her remarkable record. The Storrs laying competition 

 house is also a small, separate house. In this house Tom 

 Barron's Leghorns and Wyandottes made their great re- 

 cords. The highest record secured at Cornell University, 

 that of Lady Cornell, was made in a small house. At the 

 Ontario Agricultural College the best records were made in 

 a small house. 



It is thus seen that good egg yields have been secured in 

 houses of different construction. Namely, in long, con- 





A CHEAP SHED 



In this shed a pen of two-year-old Leghorns were housed for a year. One of 

 them laid over 200 eggs. Lowest temperature about zero. (Oregon Station.) 



tinuous houses, and in small colony houses of different 

 types. All of the houses, however, have been either open- 

 front or curtain-front. As between the continuous or long 

 house and the small or colony house, while good records 

 have been secured in both, most of the good records, 

 and all of the high records, have come from colony or small, 

 separate houses. 



Hatching Quality of Eggs as Affected by Housing. 

 The kind of house and the conditions of housing have a 

 marked influence on the fertility of the eggs and their 

 hatching quality. The hatching quality of the eggs is even 



