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Practical Farm Buildings: Plans and Suggestions

Chapter 1: PRACTICAL FARM BUILDINGS
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This practical manual provides plans and advice for farm buildings with emphasis on poultry houses, combining layout drawings, construction details, and management recommendations. It covers site selection and drainage to ensure dryness, foundation and floor options (including cement floors), space and ventilation guidelines per bird, low wall height and window placement to maximize sunlight, and roof and wall considerations to retain warmth. It also discusses yard shapes and rotation to maintain clean ground, rat-proofing, and material choices adaptable to local conditions, prioritizing wholesome, well-ventilated houses that are economical and easy to maintain.

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Title: Practical Farm Buildings: Plans and Suggestions

Author: Andrew Frederick Hunter

Release date: June 15, 2021 [eBook #65618]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PRACTICAL FARM BUILDINGS: PLANS AND SUGGESTIONS ***

PRACTICAL FARM BUILDINGS

PLANS AND SUGGESTIONS

BY A. F. HUNTER

PUBLISHED BY

F. W. BIRD & SON

Established 1817

Mills and Main Office

EAST WALPOLE, MASS., U.S.A.

Branch Offices    
NEW YORK    
CHICAGO    
WASHINGTON    
HAMILTON, ONT.   Canadian Factory at
WINNIPEG, MAN.   HAMILTON, ONT.

COPYRIGHT, 1905, F. W. BIRD & SON,
EAST WALPOLE, MASS.