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MAKING POULTRY PAY 



the roof, then a rise of three feet and a slope to the 

 roof, which will bring it five feet high in the rear. Aa 

 alley is provided through the center in which to do the 

 work. Roosting platforms in each pen are next the 

 alley and beneath these are the nesting boxes. The 

 platforms can be cleaned from the alley and the eggs 

 gathered and all the feeding and watering done from 

 this passageway. 



FIG. 19 A CORNER IN THE HALLWAY 



A cheap house for a renter can be built of a few 

 poles, cornstalks and straw. Make the building eight 

 feet wide and as long as needed. Drive posts in the 

 ground four to six feet apart and fasten poles to them 

 with wire, making the front seven feet high and the 

 back about four feet. Place the door and windows 



