38 POULTRY FOR PROFIT 



lington, Riverside County. Mr. Gregg had hunted 

 far and wide for the design best suited to this cli- 

 mate and finally worked out the model, two views 

 of which are shown in Figures 14 and 15. 



In Figure 14 is a view of nearly the whole length 

 of the house from a distance. It consists of a series 

 of roosting houses sixteen feet long and about eight 

 feet deep, with scratching sheds between, two roost- 

 ing houses being alternated with two scratching 

 sheds. The ground plan of two houses and two 

 scratching sheds is shown in Figure 16. Feed 

 boxes and water troughs are built along the front 

 of each scratching shed, and the trapnests are in 

 front of the roosting houses. 



Each house holds fifty hens. All floors are of 

 cement, and the roosts are unusually low — about 

 eighteen inches from the floor — so that there may 

 be no bruised feet from jumping down upon the 

 hard floor. 



Figure 15 shows the rear view of another long 

 laying house on this ranch. 



In both these houses the wide eaves, which meas- 

 ure about six feet on the slope, afford all necessary 

 protection from rain. The houses front east. 



A NOVEL BREEDING HOUSE 



A house designed for breeders is shown in Fig- 

 ure 17. It is built with gable roof and divided in 

 the middle by an alley. The pens, of which there 

 are four on each side of the alley, are about 7 x 10 

 feet, and hold twelve to fifteen birds. Fountains and 

 feed boxes are next the alley, and the roosting plat- 

 forms are along the outside of the building. The 

 end of one of them may be seen in the nearest pen 

 in the picture, just inside the hinged door. The 

 characteristic feature of this house is the doors, 



