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Title: Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ..
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company
Subjects: Poultry Farm buildings
Publisher: Quincy, Ill., Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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FIG. 164—CELL.\R FLOOR PLAN IN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING readily to make the needed changes and adapt the billof materials to lesser proportions. Fig. 164 gives the floor plan of the incubator cellarwhich is large enough to accommodate 20 to 30 large-sized lamp-heated incubators, or two mammoths if theyare preferred. Where extra-large hatching capacity isrequired, the cellar can be extended under the fatteningroom, thus doubling its size. The ventilation of this cellaris not indicated in drawing but the plan shown on page79 should be followed. Build the intake flues into theooncrece or st^ne foundation wall, however, thus mak-ing them practically indestructible. Where there is nosewerage system available it will be necessary to providea cesspool or septic tank outside the building to takethe waste from the killing room, mens toilet, etc., and
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FIG.165—.SIDE ELEVATION OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR LARGE POULTRY FARM POULTRY HOUSES AND FIXTURES number of fowls are to be fed, thenoise which they make when all thebirds are feeding at one time is oftenconsidered objectionable as it is lia-ble to cause disturbance among thefowls. Fattening crates do not have to belocated in a house but may be keptin any sort of shed or, in mild *0weather, may be placed outdoors in \£)the shade in any convenient, quietspot. It is only necessary to throwa couple of boards or a strip of roof-ing over the top to keep the rain out,in order to make the birds comfort-able. Where fowls are to be fattened inlarge numbers the use of portablefeeding batteries, which can bebought ready-made, is recommended.A battery consists of 8 to 16 separ-ate compartments, each holding sev-eral fowls. They usually are madewith woven-wire floors and withdroppings pans under each compart-ment, so arranged that they may beremoved easily for cleaning. Eachbattery rests on

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