THE NEW POULTRY PLANT. 

 G. M. Gowell. 



The poultry industry of the State has already assumed large 

 proportions. For three or four years the station manage- 

 ment has desired to undertake experimental work along these 

 lines, but until the current year (1897) it has not been practica- 

 ble to make a beginning. The station funds are definitely 

 limited, and it is impossible to undertake a new line of work 

 without reducing the amount of work in other directions. 

 For this reason, only a small amount of money could be devoted 

 to the establishment of a poultry plant. The buildings are 

 plain and practical in every respect, and can be readily dupli- 

 cated or adapted by any one entering upon the business. 



In the planning and construction of these buildings we 

 endeavored to secure such conditions as are necessary for the 

 welfare and productiveness of the birds, and to economize the 

 labor involved in their care as much as possible. This we tried 

 to secure at as small cost as was consistent with quality. They 

 are well constructed and covered, and should last as long as our 

 barns, stables, or other wooden buildings. Not a single part 

 of them was made for show. True, we could have secured 

 buildings at much less cost, but they would not have met the 

 requirements of our climate, or given protection from dampness 

 that prevails in single walled houses. 



INCUBATOR ROOM. 



A wing of the well lighted cellar of the farm house is parti- 

 tioned off from the main cellar for an incubator room. It is 

 18x24 feet and 7 feet high, and has a cement floor. Its win- 

 dows are on the north and south sides. The south ones are 

 shaded in sunny weather. This room is free from drafts, and 

 is not much affected by outside temperature. The humidity 

 is considerably affected during the wet weather of early spring 



