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OPEN-AIR POULTRY HOUSES 



weatlicr, is the least desirable of all locations for a poultry plant. 

 Yet a certain man, well known to the poultry fraternit)', selected 

 just such a site several years ago to establish a model poultry 

 farm for experimental and instruction purposes. There were 

 plenty of better locations near at hand to be had for less money, 

 but he would have that one in spite of all opposition. It has cost 

 thousands of dollars, has an elaborate system of tile drainage that 

 don't work very well, on account of the lay of the land and the 

 character of the soil, and so far as I have been able to learn has 

 not yet been able to make a creditable showing in the production 



Spring Garden Poultry Farm, Frank W. Floyd, Prop., Birmingham, Mich. 



of poultry or poultry produce, though it has been in operation a 

 number of years and has had enough good money spent on it to 

 establish several good practical plants. Today it still poses as a 

 plant built to demonstrate to others how to go into the poultry 

 business. Nevertheless, it is looked upon as a subject for joke and 

 jest by such practical poultrymen as have visited it, and it certainly 

 is a monumental example of how not to do it if you want to 

 establish a practical and profitaljle poultry farm. 



Salt marsh and moist meadow land, if fairly well drained, can be 

 utilized for poultry provided the houses and a part of the range 



