CHAPTER III 
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF MODERN 
POULTRY HOUSES 
HERE are several types and many designs 
I of poultry houses. Broadly speaking, 
however, all poultry houses may be classi- 
fied in three divisions. The two extremes are known 
as “‘ continuous houses’ and as “ colony houses,” 
Determining While the intermediate system is called 
the Type of the ‘‘ scratching-shed house.” 
Mouse Continuous houses are those that 
are divided into a number of similar pens, all 
under the same roof.. The plan is illustrated in 
the picture, ‘“A Modern Continuous House,” 
and such houses may be built any length and 
size desired, and other pens may be added to 
either end of the building from time to time with- 
out in any way altering the general character or 
construction of the house. 
Scratching-shed houses are simply open sheds 
alternated with closed houses. The open sheds 
furnish a protected place for the feeding and exer- 
cising of the fowls during the day, while the closed 
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