POULTR?Y-CRAFT. 
hour or two on a winter morning, 
[| while paths are being broken from 
: % building to building; and that the 
1 fad poultry man should occasionally be 
obliged to add to his other tasks the 
[ dead weight of a few hours snow 
shoveling. One who has kept fowls 
for profit through a single winter 
knows that regular feeding is of the 
utmost importance. He also knows 
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that it is at these waiting times that 
hens develop such vices as egg eating 
and feather pulling. He knows that 
it makes a difference to the poultry 
keeper whether his extra work must 
be done at high pressure before the 
regular day’s work begins, or can be 
done more leisurely at intervals dur- 
ing the day. On a plant after this 
plan the only path to be made ona 
snowy morning is from the dwelling 
to the door of the main building. 
All others can wait for fine weather 
and a convenient season. 
Fig. 26. Ground Plan of West Wings of Laying and Brooder Houses in Fig. 23. 000, droppings boxes, illustrated in Fig. 27. 
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The plan provides for a central 
building, A A, connecting two long 
houses, B B B, for laying and breed- 
ing stock, and two long brooder or 
brooder and surplus stock houses, 
CCC. These long houses can be 
built in any style desired. The cen- 
tral building is sufficiently described 
in the diagrams in Fig. 24, and ele- 
vations in Fig. 25. 
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Fig. 26 shows the adaptation of 
house designs in Figs. 21 and 34, 
to this general plan. All supplies 
and products are kept in the central 
building. The droppings, collected 
daily, are placed in boxes, Fig. 27, 
{ % distributed as at ooo, Fig. 26. As 
z tH often as necessary a wagon makes 
: fl' the round of the boxes, removing 
