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Show rpOTM BEST HOUSES FOR CHICKEA i Several Plans and Arrangem,ntl , tween Two Extremes Which u, Gult Condition. ' In tho manner of housing fowl, ti i are two systems widely ilirrcrem their extremes. At one extreme i, 1 i colony plan, which cons stH i,, J! . small houses for sm.dl Hocks fc ' enough part to obvhwe the Mre , of fences, thus giving frw. rnns.w! , but llttlo mingling of tl(. ' . flocks. At the other extreme wfl u. the continuous bouse. This kind houso consists of a scries of scpin-, scpin-, pons, under one roof, opening eirets I Into n hallway Jn tho rear, or li,,h . doors between tho pens without tt , hallway, or opening Into n luilhvay to , also Into ono nnother. There are I erul plans and, arrangements bett, , these two extremes which may be bus ! tor suit vnrylng conditions. i Tho udvnntnges of the colony $tM , according to poultry spei iullsts In tjj 'Hri B i flflBB ' -- IBBiBHH &9H BBBBBwaBBi' ' ijHj"' """ . v Colony Houses Allow Flocks htzl flange. i? J United States department of iptojfl ture, are, first, small flocks on bffl range; second, no expense for fcntijfi third, there Is less need for HcruptblM nVtentlon to cleanliness and prongiM regular supplies of anlmnl and tv-M tnhlo feed during summer moatM This plan, however, has the folW j disadvantages: First, extra rat- m labor In cnrlng for fowls In itowjjH weather, when It will often be A'bJm to get nround to feed and care '., fowls regularly; second, houscihjl ' on tho colony plan, If built "riSS 1 cost more thnn a continuous lions MM , tho same capacity, for partlbJMj i' which may bo constructed ItitxetjHB wire netting, aro much cheaper B two pnd walls; third, the colon; nH allows only nbout 100 birds ttB I ncro, while the continuous-house i tern, with suitable yards, allows 13H i COO birds to tho acre. 9 . . H |
