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Depth of structures, 118 Standard-size poultry-house unit 

 Length of poultry houses, 119 Styles of roof, 121 Walls 



Floors, 125 Eccentric features to be avoided Materials 

 for poultry structures, 126 Quality of construction, 127 Pres- 

 ervation of structures Structures for different kinds of poultry, 

 I2 o, Ancient and modern coops, 131 Coops for indoor brood- 

 ers and growing chicks, 132 Small houses, stationary and 

 portable, 134 Colony poultry houses, 136 Cloth-front houses, 

 137 Late styles of poultry houses, 141 Long poultry houses, 

 !45 Stages in construction of a long poultry house, 148 

 Fattening and killing houses Brooder houses, 149 Cockerel 

 house, 153 Poultry houses on hillsides, 154 



X. POULTRY-HOUSE FITTINGS 155 



Roosts, 156 Droppings boards, 158 Roosting closets, 159 

 Nests, 1 60 Feed troughs, 163 Feed hoppers, 165 Drinking 

 vessels Drinking fountains, 166 Dusting boxes Common 

 tools, 167 Cooking apparatus Food mixers, 168 Bone cut- 

 ters Hay cutters. Root cutters, 169 Carts for poultry work, 

 170 Egg testers Nest eggs Transportation on the poultry 

 plant, 171 



XL NUTRITION OF POULTRY . * . . . ^ . . . . . . 172 



Nutritive requirements Nutritive organs, 172 Differences in 

 beaks and crops Natural foods and feeding habits of poultry, 

 175 Common poultry foods Composition of foods, 178 

 Nutrient ratio, 180 Expression of nutritive values, 181 



XII. POULTRY FOODS . .. ,..;>. \ . .... . . . . 183 



Wheat, 183 Wheat screenings Low-grade flour Middlings, 

 184 Bran Stale Bread Corn, 185 Corn meal, 186 Corn 

 bran and corn middlings Corn and cob meal Hominy meal 



Gluten meal and gluten feed Whole oats, 187 Oatmeal 



Oat bran and oat feed Oat middlings Sprouted oats 

 Barley, 188 Barley screenings Barley meal Malt sprouts, 

 Dried brewer's grains Rye, 189 Mixed mill feeds, 190 

 Buckwheat Buckwheat by-products Rice, 191 Sorghum 

 seed Broom-corn seed Flaxseed and cotton seed, 192 

 Ground linseed Linseed meal Cottonseed by-products, 193 

 Peas and beans Miscellaneous seeds, 194 Green foods, 195 



Ensilage Clovers and alfalfa, 196 Clover meal and alfalfa 

 meal Potatoes, 197 Beets Turnips Onions, 198 Apples 



Green bones Meat by-products, 199 Fresh fish, 200 Fish 

 scrap Shellfish Milk, 201 Cheese Milk albumin 

 Eggs, 202 Mineral foods, 203 Dry bone Oyster shells, 204 



Charcoal, 205 



