FARM BUILDINGS 



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feed is appreciated. All pens should receive direct sunlight 

 for a part of the day (Fig. 271). 



The cot or colony house may often be used as a substi- 

 tute for the large regular hog house. Its construction must 



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Fig. 271. A twelve-pen hog house. One pen may be sacrificed for feed bins. 



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be quite simple. It has the advantage of being light, which 

 enables the moving to a more dry and desirable spot for 

 young pigs. The floor should be practically the same size 

 as a pen in the larger hog house. 



CHICKEN HOUSE 



Construction. A chicken house is designed to be a housing 

 for fowls which will provide protection against wind and 

 cold, furnish a place for laying hens, room for roosts, and 

 room for feeding and watering devices. The house should 

 provide 2 to 5 square feet of floor space per bird. The glass 

 surface should be 5 to 10 per cent of the floor space, and 20 

 per cent of the opening should be covered with muslin rather 

 than glass. Roosts should be made of 2X3*s or 2X4^ 

 with the corners rounded. They should all be the same 

 height, 12 to 14 inches apart, provide 8 inches of perch space 

 for each bird, and be placed 10 inches above the dropping 



