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POULTRY FOR PROFIT 



feet wide and 240 feet long, with gable roof of un- 

 equal span, being nine feet high at the ridge pole, 

 seven feet in front, and five feet at the rear. The 

 pens are twenty feet square and hold about eighty 

 hens each. 



It is generally considered that hens will lay more 

 eggs when they are kept in flocks of not over fifty. 

 On the other hand they can be more economically 

 cared for in flocks of 100 hens, and experts are still 

 trying to find the happy mean where economy in 

 care coincides with the maximum health and vigor 

 of the flock. 



In a long house intended for breeders, the sections 

 will be much smaller if breeding pens are to be 

 kept separately. If the breeders are to be kept in 

 large flocks with several males to each, the house 

 need not differ from the laying house. 



THE FARM-FLOCK HOUSE 



Sometimes the farmer does not find it convenient 



FIG. 13 FLOOR PLAN FOE FARMERS DOUBLE HOUSE. IT IS 14x28 AND 



ACCOMMODATES 125 LEGHORNS OR 100 HEAVY HENS. 



to scatter his fowls over the place in colony houses, 

 but prefers keeping them in one large flock. For 

 this purpose a house fourteen feet square is recom- 



