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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 



Figure 147. — A good interior arrangement of a long laying house, showing roosts, 

 dropping boards, nests underneath and wire coop at end for confining 

 broody hens. One section of the roost is shown elevated to facilitate 

 cleaning the dropping boards. The nests allow the hen to enter from the 

 rear, the front being opened to permit cleaning the nests and gathering 

 the eggs. Note ventilators in the back of house and the abundance of 

 sunlight which insures a dry house and healthy fowls. 



Figure 148.— Interior view of colony house as shown in Figure 122 with tran 

 nests placed at the end of the building. A ventilator such as is shown 

 in the rear of the house should be provided and kept open in hot weather 



