BULLETIN 245. 
JANUARY, 1907. 
POULTRY RAISING. 
BY JAMES G. HALPIN. 
INTRODUCTION. 
There has been a constant demand throughout the State, from be¬ 
ginners in the poultry business and others, for information relating to 
poultry raising. This bulletin has been prepared expressly to meet this 
demand. The aim is to make a presentation of the subject in as prac¬ 
tical a manner as possible, dealing only with the most elementary prob¬ 
lems. At the present time, however, plans are being developed and ex¬ 
periments conducted to investigate the more intricate problems, many 
of which the individual producer has neither the facilities, time, nor 
means to solve. During the present year the poultry division has been re¬ 
established with new buildings, colony houses, brooders, yards and other 
equipment, as shown in illustration number one. The poultry house 
proper consists, at present, of a building 15x84 feet with a 4-foot alley 
along one side and seven pens each 12 feet wide. Each pen is intended 
to accommodate from twenty to twenty-five breeding fowls. The build¬ 
ing has been so planned and located that further additions, which even 
now seem desirable, can be easily made. The incubator house 18x36 
feet has a half basement with capacity for operating from ten to fifteen 
large machines. The floor above is intended for instruction, demonstra¬ 
tion and experimental purposes. 
HEALTH AND VIGOR ESSENTIAL. 
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almost invariably prove unsatisfactory. It is fortunate that the eg"s 
from diseased fowls are seldom fertile, otherwise there would be more 
unthrifty birds in existence. The offspring from a “roupy” hen is not 
