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Pig. 21. Poultry House with Roosts on South Side. Showing in the upper drawing the exterior perspective 

 of a section 12 x 18 ft. ; below it interior view of the south side and roost box; in the lower drawing the ground plan 

 in which R is the roost box; N, nests; D, dust box; F, feed troughs; the small squares indicate the positions of studs. 



the south windows, it being necessary to remove a section of every fence 

 connecting with the house to make passage for the cart or wagon. The result 

 of this cumbrous way of working is that the pen floors are more or less 

 neglected. With this arrangement the work of keeping them in order can be 

 made what it should be on a well regulated plant an odd job to be taken up 

 between routine tasks. The disadvantage of having no passage in a long 

 house is partially obviated by placing an outside door in the north wall of 

 every third pen (see Fig. 26). The roosts being at the south side and boxed 



