42 HOW I MADE $10,000 IN ONE YEAR 



The egg-room, directly across from the feed house, is 

 also centrally located. The trucks, in which the eggs are 

 taken to market, drive right up to it. The car-shed next 

 to it is for a little delivery car used on odd errands. The 

 grain-sprouting shed with a little storage place for the 

 grain which is to be sprouted are temporary arrange- 

 ments. Eventually they will be made part of the egg- 

 room building. 



The manure-box shown is used for dumping and meas- 

 uring the manure as it is brought from the dropping 

 boards. The manure is carted away by the purchaser im- 

 mediately after each cleaning. 



On either side of the main feed house is a 150- foot lay- 

 ing house with yards the length of the house and 100 feet 

 deep. You will notice the yard gates open toward the 

 feed house. Behind these two laying houses is a 12 foot 

 passageway, and beyond the passageway are two more 

 150 foot yards with a 150 foot laying house at the upper 

 end of each. Between the two upper yards is a 12 foot 

 passageway and between the two upper houses is a 12- 

 foot mash-storage shed. The upper yards have gates 

 both near the house, opening into the passageway, and 

 in the lower end, opening toward the main feed house. 



The point about the arrangement is this : The grain 

 feed is stored in the main feed house. The feed is carried 

 into the lower yards through the side gates, the greatest 

 carry being 150 feet either way; and for the upper yards 

 it is carried through the lower gates, the furthest carry, 

 when the yards are subdivided, being about 200 feet. 

 When all four houses are filled two men can easily feed 

 the whole flock of 6,000 to 6,500 birds in 15 minutes. The 



