EQUIPMENT REQUIRED 



IS 



There is no question that five hunderd layers can be 

 cared for at less expense, especially in winter, if accommo- 

 dated in a continuous house than if divided in small flocks 

 and scattered over a large area in colony houses. On 

 some large egg farms where no fences are used, the colony 

 house plan is used because the owners believe that the 

 flocks are more easily kept separate if the buildings are 

 scattered widely. To the contrary of this may be mentioned 

 one of the best known egg farms in the United States where 

 no yards are used and practically all the fowls are accommq- 



A Continuous House in Which the Windows of the Roosting Pens and 

 the Fronts of the Scratching Pens are of Cloth. 



dated in continuous houses, some of which are more than 

 three hundred feet long. In general it may be said that if 

 yards are to be used the long houses enable the caretaker to 

 do the work in less time, therefore for less expense, but the 

 flocks divided among colony houses are less likely to con- 

 tract disease one from the other, provided a careless attend- 

 ant allows disease to gain a foothold. 



Coops and Utensils. 



The successful egg farmer of today, whether he handles: 

 few or many fowls, raises his own stock each season. Where 

 one hundred laying hens are wintered, we advise the use of. 



