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hour or two on a winter morning, 



while paths are being broken from 



building to building ; and that the 



poultry man should occasionally be 



obliged to add to his other tasks the 



dead weight of a few hours snow 



. shoveling. One who has kept fowls 



^ for profit through a single winter 



^ knows that regular feeding is of the 



"3 utmost importance. He also knows 



| that it is at these waiting times that 



S hens develop such vices as egg eating 



\ and feather pulling. He knows that 



" it makes a difference to the poultry 



t : keeper whether his extra work must 

 be done at high pressure before the 

 g regular day's work begins, or can be 

 done more leisurely at intervals dur- 

 j ing the day. On a plant after this 

 ^ plan the only path to be made on a 

 Ij snowy morning is from the dwelling 

 J to the door of the main building. 

 Ss All others can wait for fine weather 

 g and a convenient season. 



1 The plan provides for a central 

 J? building, A A, connecting two long 

 3 houses, B B B, for laying and breed- 

 * ing stock, and two long brooder or 

 ~ brooder and surplus stock houses, 

 ts C C C. These long houses can be 

 built in any style desired. The cen- 

 ts tral building is sufficiently described 

 in the diagrams in Fig. 24, and ele- 

 vations in Fig. 25. 



Fig. 26 shows the adaptation of 

 house designs in Figs. 21 and 34, 

 to this general plan. All supplies 

 and products are kept in the central 

 building. The droppings, collected 

 daily, are placed in boxes, Fig. 27, 

 distributed as at ooo, Fig. 26. As 

 often as necessary a wagon makes 

 the round of the boxes, removing 





