BEST TYPES OF POULTRY HOUSES 



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plate. It has a capacity of from eighty to one hundred 

 birds, depending upon the breed, but costs more than the 

 multiple unit house. 



Six different types of poultry houses have here been de- 

 scribed. All are useful and satisfactory styles. It is hoped 

 that the pupil, by close observation, will now be able to 

 select the one best adapted to his purpose; and the best 

 type for each individual poultryman will depend greatly 

 upon the number and the kind of birds he expects to keep. 



Fig. 120. — A type of gable or even span poultry house which is especially common 

 in southern New England. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



Exercise No. 53. — A Study of Poultry Houses. — Take the 

 class on a trip to near-by poultry farms to study poultry 

 house types and methods of construction. As many different 

 types as possible should be visited. The possibilities and 

 cost of each should be discussed on the ground. Each pupil 

 should have a notebook and take notes. The owners of the 

 plants visited will usually be willing to discuss them with the 

 class and give reasons for their choice of houses. 



Exercise No. 54. — Drawing Poultry Appliances. — One or 



more periods can be profitably used in drawing parts of 



poultry equipment, such as hoppers, nests, perches, etc. 



Types of roofs and simple outline drawings of house designs 



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