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Title: Poultry laboratory guide ; a manual for the study of practical poultry keeping
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Lewis, Harry Reynolds, 1885-
Subjects: Poultry
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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, making it as air-tight aspossible, and thoroughly fumigate for severalhours by burning flowers of sulphiu*. Thepowdered sulphur should be placed in a metallicbasin on top of an inverted pail or pan. Alcoholmay be used to aid ignition. Care shouldbe taken to avoid all danger from fire. Onepound of sulphur will thoroughly cleanse ahouse which contains 120 square feet of floorspace. Allow the sulphur to burn continuouslyfor a number of hours, after which air the housefor an hour by opening all doors and windows.Next spray the house with the disinfecting solu-tion, being careful to touch all inside parts. Replace all movable fixtures and give theinside of the house a good coat of whitewash,after which wash the windows perfectly cleanwith sand soap and hot water, outside and in,to admit all the sunlight possible. Fresh cleannesting material and clean Utter to the depthof four or five inches must next be placed in thehouse, and everything arranged in neat andorderly manner for future use.
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POULTRY LABORATORY GUIDE EXERCISE II A Study of the Various. Types of PoultryHouses Examine carefully the various types of housesfound on the college plant. Note the kind ofmaterial used for foundation. Does it answerits purpose in every particular? The followingmaterials are commonly used for the foundationsof poultry houses: wood, brick, stone, andcement, either as posts or as a soUd wall. Whichdo you consider best, and why ? Note the size and arrangement of sills, posts,studding, plates, and rafters, as well as the kindand grade of lumber used. Are the outsidewalls single or double ? If double, what advan-tage is obtained ? If double walls, note the differ-ence in construction between the outer and innerwall. Next examine the construction of the roof andnote shape. Compare with other types of roofsas regards pitch, amount of lumber used, laborrequired, and amount of roofing material re-quired to cover same. The following types arecommonly used in the construction of poultryhouses:

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