STANDARD POULTRY-HOUSE UNIT 



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A depth of twenty feet in a shed-roof type of construction is 



deep enough ; a greater depth 



requires a half-monitor roof, 



which has many undesirable *** p ^ fla ^ so' Around 



features (Fig. 72). 



82'Aroiaid 



NOTE. The nearer the rect- 

 angle approaches a square the 

 smaller will be its perimeter, the 

 area remaining the same. 



Standard Poultry-house 

 Unit. The use of a standard 

 unit of known capacity gives 

 a basis from which to work 

 in extending the plant. It 

 may be necessary to vary it 

 considerably. For the shed- 

 roof type of construction, one 

 of the most economical units 



is a rOOm twenty by twenty shape approaches a square the perimeter be- 



feet. If it is high enough to comes shorter ' 



give ample amount of head room for the attendant,, there will be 

 Five Unite, capacity 5OO birds 



/OO' Around 



FIG. 70. Shapes of houses compared, show- 

 ing the requirements of wall material. As the 



100' 



Z>ouble Unit, capacity ZOO birds 



, 40' -- 



Sinyte Unit, capacity /OO birds 



20' ' 



FIG. 71. The possible growth of the multiple-unit plan, single, then double, and an 

 indefinite future increase. 



