BROILERS AND ROASTERS 



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53. By those who had seen poultry kept only by the rules 

 in general use, accounts of what was done with these small' 

 colony houses were long regarded with suspicion. A 

 description of the way they are used, and explanation of 

 some things about them not clear to those who have neither 

 used or seen them in use, is more appropriate to the chap- 

 ter on the general care of roasters, and will be found there. 

 For the present it is sufficient to say that a number of these 

 small houses, or of buildings of not much greater capacity, 

 is to be regarded as a necessary part of the equipment of a 

 plant where roasters are to be grown economically. The 

 houses may vary much in design, according to the whim 

 of the builder or the possibilities of the material to be used 



Colony House, 6x8 ft. Used for Fifty Roasting Chickens. 



