CHAPTER X 

 INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT OF BUILDINGS 



Convenience. — In the design and construction of poultry 

 buildings not only the health and comfort of the fowls must be 

 carefully considered, but the convenience of the caretaker should 

 receive equally thoughtful attention. If not, and the arrange- 

 ment of a building or plant is inconvenient, or its facilities are 

 meager and of such a character that the performance of one's 

 work is made unnecessarily tedious and laborious, it is quite 

 likely to have a demoralizing effect upon the attendant's interest 

 and ability. In consequence, some of the routine chores are 

 apt to be overlooked or slighted, and in due time carelessness 

 takes the place of thoroughness. 



The interior fittings of a poultry house — the arrangement of 

 nests, perches, feed hoppers, watering devices and so forth — 

 are no less important than the construction of the building itself. 



Cleanliness. — ^The paramount issue is cleanliness, or rather, 

 let us say, facilities which will obtain cleanliness at the least pos- 

 sible effort. It is a subject that admits of much argument and 

 varying principles. Some methods achieve their end at too 

 great a cost for labor; others simplify labor at the expense of 

 sanitation. Various degrees of cleanliness are maintained either 

 by an intricate or simple operation, and the same ease or effort 

 may be expended upon the feeding, watering and egg collecting. 

 If the methods are so antiquated or so involved as to require 

 an unreasonable amount of labor, the efficiency of such a system 

 is defective and should be corrected at once. 



Roosting Compartments. — ^The warmest part of the building, 

 that which is freest from drafts, should be selected for the roost- 

 ing compartments, which is usually against the rear wall. Each 



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