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MAKING POULTRY PAY 



the outside fences grapes or other vines may be trained 

 to provide shade or ornament. 



INSIDE THE POULTRY HOUSE 



The interior arrangement should be as simple as 

 possible in order to provide no harbor for lice or mites. 

 The ideal plan is to have roosts, roosting platforms, 

 nest boxes, etc., removable. The roosting- platforms 



FIG. 24 — GOOD INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT 



should be two and one-half to three feet above the 

 floor, two feet wide for one roost and three feet wide 

 for two roosts. They should be built of planed, 

 matched boards with the smooth side up. Finish the 

 front edge with a one by two-inch strip, which will 

 prevent the manure from falling oflF. Roosts may be 

 two by three-inch scantling planed smooth, with upper 

 edges rounded. Set these in brackets at each end. 



