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small colony houses about the farm; no fencing is used; the birds 

 have free range at all times. The feeding and other work is usually 



PIG. 33. Semi-community poultry plant. Hatching and brooding buildings in back- 

 ground, and isolated single-pen and double-pen laying houses distributed over the rest of the 

 plant. Roads and double yarding are common in this system. 



done by an attendant driving around from coop to coop with a 

 wagon. This system is adapted to low-priced land located at 



FIG. 34. Colony houses for poultry on extensive range. The house in the foreground shows 



cheap construction. 



considerable distance from cities; it can be used to excellent ad- 

 vantage on waste land, such as brush fields or rocky wooded hill- 

 sides (Fig. 34). It is suited to the raising of roasters, capons, 



