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size that it can be hauled from one part of the farm to another 

 with the motive power available. The topography of the 

 farm will influence the size of the portable house somewhat, 

 as a very much larger house can be handled by a team where 

 the ground is level than where it is rough and broken. 



Fig. 145 



A good farm poultry-house. (Courtesy of Kansas Experiment Station.) 



With regard to the amount of floor space required per bird, 

 Dryden^ estimates that "Where there is little or no snow, or 

 where chickens can be out of doors every day in the year, 

 about two squa re f.eet_ of floor space will be sufficient. This 

 would apply to flocks of twenty or more. For smaller flocks 

 a more liberal allowance of space should be made. Where the 

 climate is such that the fowls will seek shelter part of the 

 year rather than go outdoors in the yards and fields, more 

 space should be provided, say four to five square feet per fowl. 

 Halpin^ says that a flock of fifty hens should usually be 

 allowed about five square feet of fioor space per hen. He 

 further calls attention to the fact that " One hundred hens 

 will thrive in a pen 20 x 20 feet, that is, four square feet of 

 floor space per hen, but one hen will not thrive in a pen two 

 by two feet. As the number of the flock becomes less the 



' Oregon Extension Bulletin No. 2. 



' Wisconsin Bulletin No. 215. 



