Show r SIB U 7 M IRY NEAT LITTLE POULTRY HOUSE concrete Coo crata foundation makes building rat proof soth both inside partitions are AM of wire A nest neat poultry house to Is shown in this plan tile the house la is 16 f feet wide 84 24 foot feet long and 8 feet high to tile the nayeb yes with a hallway in the center 4 foot feet wide mailin geach poultry room 10 by 16 feet writes W A radford wa alon I 1 tb tho mail and broeze breeze dropping ba extend along the outer of I 1 edth of ina acs arid they are hi h enough up to at underneath the boosts roosts are ajl on level above the dropping boardo BOWS wo ot of nest neat adsa a extend along the partitions eo 80 the eggs may be gathered without going gaoing in among the heri hens reeding troughs ditche aro are set along the floor in the td ad alloy to ao the hens can reach through tor for feed and water the back bach and of the alley la Is used for storage bor plan A concrete found tion makes the house rit p of the concrete Is covered about a to foat t deep with earth sad ind the earth to isa supposed to be fo deep at altames wath straw A both inside rillions are wire and there are wire bors in these parti eions the different apart men reach across from 3 to 0 another and the spa strips Is filled with atra ventilation without dra aped by windows in bac i bd ld with thin cotton ing the winter sea are 0 pulled down the berand V and fresh straw front view put in la Is done on a mild day when the fon Is can be left out in the yard blood n dressed poultry very lara r 0 o proportion of the burk y markets aside arom afta attl f Sin gAlEnd tearing of the iskiyan Is cau ed by nn an incomplete In completo re moyal of the blood at least 80 30 per cent of all the ha poultry coming into the nor t market la Is incompletely bled mucha it is so badly bled that it results in a loks IOB of from two to five cents i impound bouno brec to lay pullets pu let prof W it R Graham Gra grahame hamo of tho the ontario 6 re 0 t f au bullets from a pon pen d f barre plymouth rock hens hena lelec isid tor for agh egg product production loa and tho the eggs of aich had hatched well produced in do cnober bar eggs and in november 8 7 agga egga twenty three pullets rear 1 under similar unai condl condi tlona from a pen n of barred plymouth rocks bred specially ally tor for shape and color pro produced uc d no eggs in october and 68 66 in november 0 ember the bred to lay pullets M t r earlier nest neat for the hen everything from a nail keg to a grocery box may make a hens nest the hen la Is not a sentimental bird find and does not cot care for or fancy anoy frills and contraptions give her a box or a barrel filled with the right nesting eating material soft boft bruised straw and the whole properly darkened and she will 1 I do hor her bhare in trying to keel haep it with aggs cc coap s of chicks coo coops con ins broods of chicks thou tegould arnot dot bo W oved noved frequently BOX FOR CATCHING CHICKENS method described D bed that does docs away with frightening whole flock handy for applying powder catching grown fowls by hand or of with a wire hook scares the flock A catching box saves baves time and the other fowls are not frightened the box can be made any size alze 20 by 20 laches inches 0 chicken catching box by 6 feet will hold a good many one end of box Is left open place this at entrance of coop the other end ena and one side Is 19 of wire alre netting this admits light and induces the fowls to enter writes fred L bailey in the missouri valley farmer three doors made to slide back and I 1 orth forth and large enough to admit a large fowl are placed on the fourth side knobs or blocks are nailed on the center of doors and two large blo blocks put beneath the box raise it level with the entrance A partition Is made to drop where the dotted lines are shown which will keep the chickens at one end when all but a few aro are caught ahen you want to apply 11 lice ce powder to a number of fowls or cull out oat the flock go into the coop and drive the fowls in till the box I 1 4 full then close alie th e entrance door the chickens can then be caught by the legs and drawn out at slide boors doors ono one by one two hands can make quick work one catching the fowls the other apply ing the tha lice powder |