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roof, and design of front wall. Any ts^pe of house 

 not exemplified in the poultry plant should be 

 briefly described during the trip of inspection 

 and its points of resemblance to the exist- 

 ing types thoroughly explained. Each student 

 should know what is meant by and become fa- 

 miliar with the following kinds of houses : open 

 front and scratching shed. These may be single 

 pen, double pen, or arranged in succession to 

 form the long house. 



The work in the construction and types of poultry 

 houses should include not only a careful study of houses 

 already built, as outlined above, but where possible each 

 student should be allowed to take part in the construction 

 of some new poultry building. Where this is possible and 

 if time will permit, the exercise may be divided between 

 four or more laboratory periods. 



EXERCISE III 



Internal Equipment and Arrangement of 

 Poultry Houses 



In making a study of the internal fixtures of 

 the poultry house visit all the houses in turn, 

 comparing the good and poor points of each. 



Perches. — Examine carefully and note the 

 following points : kind and size of lumber used. 



