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PROFITABLE POULTRY PRODUCTION 



some advantages over the closed pen. It is cheaper 

 in cost and demands less labor. Perhaps its chief 

 advantage is that the fowls may go from house to 

 shed, or the reverse, and thus feel more at liberty 

 than if confined closely. They are also less likely 

 to become excited if they have a means of escape 

 when they want to get away from an attendant. 

 Everything that makes for comfort, therefore, 

 should be secured when possible. The scratching 

 pen is considered essential to good health of the 

 fowls, because it insures exercise and the fowls are 

 not confined in too warm a room while they 

 are busy. 



MODEL POULTRY HOUSE 



There are a few features of the model house, 

 built by J. W. Griffin of Kentucky and illustrated 

 herewith, that could be added to any large poultry 

 house with profit: the hooded roost with curtained 



J. W. GRIFFIN S POULTRY HOUSE 



front, the arrangement of the nest boxes, the loca- 

 tion of the dust, grit and oyster-shell boxes. The 

 roosts of the two rooms being near each other make 

 it warmer at night for the fowls. The large win- 

 dows are screened on the inside ; the curtained 



