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nent sod there should be 150 square feet to each bird. It is 

 difficult to maintain a permanent sod near the house. Where 

 the double yardage system is used, that is, where the birds 

 are allowed to run a while in one yard and green feed raised 



Fig. 79. — Showing housing methods in the three stages of poultry work. 



for them in the second yard, 75 square feet per bird will be 

 sufficient. As soon as the green feed, as oats or rye, in the 

 yard being cultivated is 4 or 5 inches high it is pastru'ed by 

 turning the birds into this lot and seeding down the first lot. 



