Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-02-26
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BY j. Linn Laid. 1.

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Farm Poultry House Construction.
The fact hat the Missouri Bureau
of Labor Statistics finds the annual
production of eggs andpoultry on the
farms Of that State aggregates the
stupendous sum of forty-five million
dollars, has led the school of agricul-
ture in the University Of Missouri to
organize a rvuitry department for the
purpose Of teaching the IGost modern
metho IS of poultry farming for the
income from the farm poultry in hat
State is shown to exceed the COM
binec value Of wheat, oats dA1 cot
ton crops, or the hay ami ofcge
crops, and is three times as much as
the income derived from daily pro-
ducts.
Bulletin ,07 Of the Miss ,uri sta
ton, by e. l.. Kempster, of he Poul-
try Department, devotes 80 pages to
farm poultry hou5 Sc construction. The
bulletin is a very practical treatise
and is elaboratel. illustrated.
Commencing it'll the location of
the poultry house, the author advise
that the omm IN practice of placing
it near the residence or other farm
buildings be abandoned, for the rea-
o that such a location leads the
poultry to over-run the back porch
and other farm buildings, mussing
them up with their droppings. 1t is
better to set the poultry apart, where
they can have range for gathering
green stuff, weed seeds, insects, etc.
But the location should be upon a
well-drained slope, preferably to the
south or east.
For the farm the colony house is
preferred over many small, separate
houses and pens, because it econo-
mixes in building material and labor
in daily caring for the birds and their
quarters. H....
The square house is most economi-
cal to construct, a building 20 feet
square being about right for 100
hens. In order to get sunlight clean
across such a house, for it's sanitary
effects, the tops of the windows
should be eight feet high. A sunny
scratching shed, with dust box, may
be erected as a lean-to. A ventilator
shaft or cupola in the roof Is of ad-
vantage; for the side walls had bet
ter be free of cracks hat would adj
nit drafts.
Roosts should all be on the same
level so there may be no strife to OBJ
tain the highest perch. Dropping
boards under the perches should be
provided, as they facilitate cleaning
and allow more floor space for exer-
else.
Nests should be dark that the hen
~ eel a sense of %seclusion. In fact
al arrangements should copy natu-
I'll! conditions as faithfully as posi-
bic. Several forms Of trap nests are
illustrated, and their use is advised
during the breeding season., in order
to be sure that eggs for Matching are
saved from only those hens that are
prolific layers.
Portable colony houses for the
young broods are advised so that they
can be moved about to the orchard,
the wheat stubble or other locations
offering rich range.
Combination Matching and brood
ing coops are described and illustrat-
ed, and directions are given for hous-
ing, penning and caring for fancy
breeding stock.
Bulletin 1872 Of the Iowa station,
"a pages, Is illustrations, also treats
on poultry house construction.