MISCELLANEOUS 
costs more for labor to care for large 
flocks when they are scattered over a wide 
territory than it does when they are 
closely confined, and the expense for 
buildings is greater than in the apartment 
plan. 
The apartment plan consists of a large 
house divided into rooms large enough 
for each flock, and each room has a run 
fenced off for each flock. Its advantages 
are that it does not cost so much for labor 
to care for the flock, and the cost for 
buildings is less than with the colony plan. 
Its disadvantages are that it costs more 
for food and fencing, and the skill and 
experience necessary to success must be 
greater; scrupulous cleanliness must be 
practiced, and any deviation from that 
rule will lead to disaster. 
Another advantage that the apartment 
plan has over the colony plan is that it 
does not require so much land as the 
colony plan. Five times as many birds 
can be kept to the acre with the apartment 
plan as can be kept with the colony plan. 
For the farmer who has plenty of land, 
perhaps, the colony plan would be the 
best, and the apartment plan would be the 
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