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man to devote his entire energies to this feature. 

 Such hatcheries may be handled either by pri- 

 vate individuals, or, as in the case of the cream- 

 eries, may be co-operative institutions run for 

 the good of the whole community. 



A continuous house can be built with small 

 compartments for each flock, and separate 

 runs for summer use, though the colony plan is 

 preferred by some, and has its advantages, 

 among them being the fact that the flocks are 

 more widely separated, so there is less danger 

 of any disease spreading; and if any particular 

 house becomes infected, it can be cleansed with- 

 out disturbing the whole plant. 



The colony plan requires considerable less 

 expense in housing and other equipment than 

 the yarded plan. The expense for food is 

 also decreased, because of the greater number 

 of insects and green food that the hens get from 

 the range. 



The following plan of poultry keeping is, 

 perhaps, the simplest known, and for that 

 reason, the most successful. By "successful" 

 I do not necessarily mean the most profitable, 

 but the surest of paying a reasonable profit. 

 The plan is that of using inexpensive colony 

 houses, which are located in a large yard or 

 small field. These houses are built very light; 



