Show LC HATCHING AND BR V o 0 r I 1 tt front view of combination H hatching at chill and brooding house home by B PROP PROF H IU KEMPSTER rp R any of 41 0 cile college of 1 agriculture I 1 hole in selecting t lug a location tor for a poultry house ithe the farmer usually chooses the one which Is nearest to his bis home in order thit t the hen housewife calls may con can leniently care tor for the poultry flock this thi accounts mount tor far the usual location of the poultry h house hall half way between the house and ad the bar barn where it I 1 is convenient for the hens bens to overrun not only the farm buildings but also the k kitchen itch P porch ach this habit 1 Is also at encouraged ty by tb the a hall in discriminate rime to cut beat agad lenng ot of feed often closer to the farm buildings than to the poultry house it the farm poultry do I 1 it U too house I 1 Is s a ie located I 1 I 1 so as to make ik it nand natural 1 for the hens beis not to run in the yards there will be very little trouble with them overrunning g the farm buildings thornt avei I 1 in t the he care of f poultry one should aim I 1 as a far as possible to teed food all 11 th the feed in and award around the poultry house frequently poultry can be encouraged to run into the orchard by a simple arrangement ot I 1 the fences G grain m crops top can often 0 o b be S grown upon p the same ground upon n which the poultry flock is running w with th very little injury to the crop corn is ia especially adapt ed ad to such he a practice this thia practice fur furnishes hes an abundance of shade he it it during the on cummer mor when it Is most need ed ad the yards yani s are plowed occasionally n th 11 exposing t the soil I 1 to the sun in I 1 de da staily straying ing ying many disease goval germa and ad I 1 in te stheal tes parasites and the droppings drop pinga which or are generally w wasted tod are am util led in addition to making king conditions melli more h healthful calif ful this growing r alg I 1 of crops on the poultry lumet ry runs also reduces reduce the feed cost coat under mi missouri cold lines it I 1 is more desirable tor far chin chick ens eng to be kept upon cultivated soil bell than it la Is to attempt attempt to have a perma neat gent sod bad run once often the garden co can be alternated with the tha poultry pa pas ture under far farm 1 conditions I dil it a U this fill kind ot of ca can I 1 be easily ranged arranged with practically ity no f fencing I 1 ft V hit bile the it location of the is arm poultry tra h house 1 18 generally determined by the conven lence is with t which it can be reached from the house a little for tore thought will enable the poultry kee keep er to make the above arrangements elit omage is without he t a sacrificing convenience Brood H hatching ehg and brooding mg house home the combined hatching brooding and housing mop coop shown hot below la Is large enough to a accommodate data four hena hen rod and is as good as a 60 egg I 1 incubator c partners farmers who have used this coop have pronounced it a success this mop coop doea doe away with the little A shaped coops which are common comman ly IY given to hens hena after they h have hatched their broods and which are soon outgrown by what chicks remain arm after the fineg me rains ana it rats to have taken their toll this thia coop la is three fc feet et wide at six feet long two f feet a it h high I 1 g it in the r rear ear end and three feet high in front A door eight inches wide runs to the entire an length of the back BO as 8 to permit easy am access to the hen he 1 la the front are four openings opening which are covered with slata let it I 1 la P possible this to close the I 1 open pen lug inga by placing g an a eight I 1 abt inch door along Is the entire front this hakea el the coop up rat proof at in night 1 slit and 1 I by hinging it ft at the bottom the door pro vile vides a runway for the chicks to en an ter jul just I 1 beneath the tha eaves along the fr front t 1 is a door a foot wide the open ing made by this door la Is covered with wire sure screen when open this door lights the coop and protects it from rains the coop can be used need tor for hatching and brooding it is ia divided by burlap frames frame lot into four emai compartments compart part menta it the al aim 1 Is to set at tour four he hena in a the back p part of the coup coop and it keep food and ad wa ll ter in the runways in front A after or hatching the chicks chicka from two hen bens are given to one for it reading brooding later whan 1 the hen he weans her chicks elle the re ethl ater 1 I if pollution partition can a be removed and the coop can be use used a to house hens the young stock for the remainder of the season it makes hen batch hatching ta easier and ad nel more efficient brodin brooding g PC possible s s t b Is soly it can be made rat proof very e easily a and co can be moved from place to place with little trouble hints on house construction four square feet of lime floor space should ou id be allowed for each hen have M are from eight to fifteen itches inches of ro space tor for each hen allow one nest to every tour few or live five be hena when muslin conall 1 Is used for ventilation purposes purpose one square to toot of in muslin should be placed on the south side for every ry 15 11 square feet of floor space pace it if the he house 1 Is ll 11 feet fast wide I 1 if f ili the house I 1 is a t ten an I 1 set feet wide on ma the south mose side do use one square toot foot of muslin to a every y I 1 20 s square feet of ft floor r space pace and III if the t he house is 20 feet wi wide do on an the south side use one square font foot of muslin all to every to ten square feet fast ot of floor space the foregoing rules will also apply p ay 1 in the use of the shutter front ea method it of ventilation the height of the tops top ot of the win dows dowa it ir P placed I 1 aced on the south side all should on it b ba a little less than one half as high ae a the hall bouse Is wide glass should be placed in the be house 1 I at the rate of if one square toot foot to t every is 16 square miner feet at of floor a space p co if the chickens are am yard yarded ed square feet of yard space should be ba allowed for or each bird s aj s I 1 f ir rali I 1 v v 4 4 I 1 rear view of combination house |