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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
How I Made $10,000 in One Year with 4200 Hens

How I Made $10,000 in One Year with 4200 Hens

Tumbach, Joseph H.

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ISBN10: 1151395161
ISBN13: 9781151395160
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.10 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1919. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... The egg-room, directly across from the feed house, is also centrally located. The trucks, in which the eggs are taken to market, drive right up to it. The car-shed next to it is for a little delivery car used on odd errands. The grain-sprouting shed with a little storage place for the grain which is to be sprouted are temporary arrangements. Eventually they will be made part of the eggroom building. The manure-box shown is used for dumping and measuring the manure as it is brought from the dropping boards. The manure is carted away by the purchaser immediately after each cleaning. On either side of the main feed house is a 150-foot laying house with yards the length of the house and 100 feet deep. You will notice the yard gates open toward the feed house. Behind these two laying houses is a 12 foot passageway, and beyond the passageway are two more 150 foot yards with a 150 foot laying house at the upper end of each. Between the two upper yards is a 12 foot passageway and between the two upper houses is a 12foot mash-storage shed. The upper yards have gates both near the house, opening into the passageway, and in the lower end, opening toward the main feed house. The point about the arrangement is this: The grain feed is stored in the main feed house. The feed is carried into the lower yards through the side gates, the greatest carry being 150 feet either way; and for the upper yards it is carried through the lower gates, the furthest carry, when the yards are subdivided, being about 200 feet. When all four houses are filled two men can easily feed the whole flock of 6,000 to 6,500 birds in 15 minutes. The mash for the two lower houses is laid down in the main feed house, and for the upper houses the delivery trucks back up the passageway and lay the mash down i...

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