Extension circular 1405 discusses the barrel incinerator for dead poultry

Thacker, Glenn

Weigers, Howard

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EC1405 Barrel Incinerator for Dead Poultry
Glenn Thacker
Howard Weigers
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Summer Shelter Sheds 
] . H. Claybaugh 
THE USE OF SUNSHINE and good ·pasture are two very good ways of 
reducing the cost of feeding poultry. In addition to the saving of ex-
pense, the use of good pas ture is also one of the best methods of pro· 
root ing good h ealth, develop ing good sound pullets for the laying 
flock, and producing good h a tchability in the breeding flock. 
Efficient poultry management also requ ires tha t young stock be 
kept separa ted from old stock during the growin g period. R ange beds 
permit this arrangement and at the same time make it possible to pro· 
vide more favorable pastu re conditions. 
The success of the poultry-rearing enterprise may be judged by the 
percentage and quality of the pullets raised . Quality of pullets is 
judged by the plumpness of body and r ichness of pigmen tation, and 
the age wh en they lay their fir t eggs. R ange shelter sheds make it 
possible to increase the percentage of good pullets raised. 
A change in the system of raising chickens is necessar on all farms 
where 40 h eal thy, plump, and r ichly pigmented pullets have not been 
raised per 100 chicks started . It make little difference whether the 
cause of stunted, sharp-breasted, pale-pigmented pullet culls has been 
coccidiosis, worm infesta tion, leu kosis, or fowl cholera; the system that 
has failed in the pas t needs to be d1anged. T urkey growers have suc-
ceeded b keeping poults confined to the brooder house and sun 
pord1es until the young tu rkeys are eight to ten weeks old, when they 
are moved to range shelter sheds and clean range with adequa te green 
feed . Wh en the same m ethods are applied to pullet rearing, there will 
be an improvement in th e market quality of d1icks raised, as well as an 
increase in egg p roduction of pullets dur ing the fall months and a de-
crease in laying-house dea th loss. 
A nearby cornfield may provide shade, cover, and wind protection. 
A few ro>' s of tame sunflowers might be grown for this purpose. 
The Extension Service, College of Agriculture, University of 
Nebraska. Lincoln. Nebraska E.C. 1408 (Revised) July. 1946 
Construction Detail 
MMER SH ELTER HE DS are relatively inexpensive. The pictures and 
bill of material are all that many people need for building their shelter 
sheds. 
The popular size summer shelter shed for 150 pullets is usually built 
9 ft. x 12 ft., having an "A" shape roof. 
Side ·walls are usually 36 inches high and peak of roof five feet:This 
roof is made of six-foot boards of sheet iron. Framing i made of rough, 
unfinished lumber. There is a door on each end of the shelter. 
Two men can pick up this shelter and put it on a sled when it needs 
to be moved. 
A slatted platform 16 inches ·wide runs through the center of the 
shelter. Two feed troughs and a waterer are kept on this platform. 
This platform must be strong enough to bear the weight of the at-
tendant. The slats are not nailed to the floor frame. 
The roosts slant upward from the center platform to the sides o[ the 
shelter. The most popular wire for placing beneath the roosts is elec-
u-ic-welded, 14-guage wire with meshes one-by-two inches. R egular 
one-inch mesh poultry netting may be used around the outside. The 
wire should be placed to pro ide protection from rats, skunks, or coons. 
Bill of Material 
THE BILL OF :\IATERJ L for nine-by- twelve foot shelter heel with three-
foot side walls, six-foot ridge, and door two-by-five feet. 
kids . ...... .. ..... .... . ......... ......... 2_:_2" X 4" X 12'- 0" 
ide Stud ... ........................... ......... 8-1" x 4" x 3'-0" 
ide ' 'Vall Horizontals.................... 4-1" x 4" x 12'-0" 
End Studs ........................................ 4-1" x 4" x 5'-0" 
Horizontal End Tie ...... ...... .......... 4-1" x 4" x 3'-6" 
Door Headers ................ ................. 2-1" x 4" x 2'-9" 
Floor Joists ....................... ......... ..... . 4-1" x 4" x 9'-0" 
Rafters .. . . .. .. . . .. . .. . .. .. . . .. .... .. .. ... .. . . .. ... . 8- 1" x 4" x 5'-6" 
Corner Braces .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . 4-1" x 4" x 5'-0" 
Roost Supports .............................. 8-1" x 4" x 4'-0" 
tringer .......................................... 2-1" x 4" x 12'-0" 
Ri~~e . ........................ ....... 1-1" x 6" x 12'- 0" 
allmg G1rts ........................ .. ... ..... 6-1" x 4" x 4'-0" 
Roosts ... ................ .............. ... .... ...... 8-1" x 4" x 12'-0" 
Floor Cleats .... ................................. 5-1" x 2" x 2'-0" 
Floor Slats ......... .. .. ........................ 8-1" x 2" x 12'-0" 
Doors-2" 0" x 5'-0"- . ..... .............. 2- 1" x 4" x 16'-0" 
Hardware 
I ails: 5 lbs.-6cl galvanized box nails 
4 lbs.-poultry netting staples 
Hinges and Hooks: 3 pair-3" strap hinges 
2 hasps and 3" hooks 
Roofing: 12 sheets-26" x 6'-0" galvanized 
I etting: 24 l ineal feet-48" width I Y2" mesh netting or 1" x 2" 
welded muskrat wire, under roosts. 
40 lineal feet-36" width netting, 1" mesh, for sides. 
9 lineal feet-24" width netting, 1" me h, for doors. 
Plan for Green Range 
TENDER GREEN FEED can be supplied by strip farming various crops. 
The crops which furnish a constant supply of green fed throughout 
the season vary with the time chicks go to range, as well as the location 
of the farm. 
1. Fall-sown wheat or rye is ready to pasture earlier in the spring than 
other annual crops. Range shelters or brooder houses may be moved 
into this strip. 
2. On strips adjoining both sides of the wheat or r ye, oats ma y be 
sown. From the time growing oats are several inches high until the 
crop ripens and the grain is consumed, excellent feed for poul try 
is provided. Enough oats should be sown to allow part of it to ripen. 
In sections where ra.pe grows well, the seed can be sown with oats. 
3. One strip of sudan grass adjoining the oats is recommended for 
green feed after the oats have ripened. Alfalfa and brome grass mix-
ture does equally well, and the stand is not often reduced where the 
chickens have access to the field but the shelter sheds are kept on the 
adjoining stubble. 
4. An additional strip of tall growing corn, cane, kafir, or sunflowers 
can be used to provide shade cover and a limited amount of green 
feed during the late summer and fall. 
EITUGLIARD : 
1 F:.:.~~UIIG£R .._,..GUA:RDS I"> 2"14"" 5 
~ 1 ' 
ENDS I" 1 12" • ll": 
' 
' 
. :::'-2-LIPS ~~·,l":t+' 
' 
' 
' 
·:::.-_ 
CIIICI\S WEI~HING 2~ l&S. (AN EAT 
fROM THIS HEN·SIIE F~ED TIOUGH . 
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' 
"<2--SIDES ARE 1~16" • 4' i 
Edges of all feed troughs are above vents of the birds. Reels are adjusted to pro-
vide head room but not body room. Reels prevent birds from roosting on top of 
troughs. Lips of troughs are three inches wide. If such troughs are not more than 
half full no feed is pulled out and wasted. Two such troughs and" one five-gallon 
waterer are needed on the floor of each shelter shed. 
Distributed in furtherance of Atts of May 8 and june 30, 1914. Extension Service of the Uni-
versity of Nebrask3 College of Agriculture, the U. S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. 
W. H . Brokaw, Director, Lincoln, Nebraska. (7-46-20M) 


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University of Nebraska - LincolnDigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - LincolnHistorical Materials from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Extension1953EC1405 Barrel Incinerator for Dead PoultryGlenn ThackerHoward WeigersFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/extensionhistThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Extension at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted forinclusion in Historical Materials from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University ofNebraska - Lincoln.Thacker, Glenn and Weigers, Howard, "EC1405 Barrel Incinerator for Dead Poultry" (1953). Historical Materials from University ofNebraska-Lincoln Extension. 2538.http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/extensionhist/25385 85 13 7 # tt.f-08 C · "J._ Summer Shelter Sheds ] . H. Claybaugh THE USE OF SUNSHINE and good ·pasture are two very good ways of reducing the cost of feeding poultry. In addition to the saving of ex-pense, the use of good pas ture is also one of the best methods of pro· root ing good h ealth, develop ing good sound pullets for the laying flock, and producing good h a tchability in the breeding flock. Efficient poultry management also requ ires tha t young stock be kept separa ted from old stock during the growin g period. R ange beds permit this arrangement and at the same time make it possible to pro· vide more favorable pastu re conditions. The success of the poultry-rearing enterprise may be judged by the percentage and quality of the pullets raised . Quality of pullets is judged by the plumpness of body and r ichness of pigmen tation, and the age wh en they lay their fir t eggs. R ange shelter sheds make it possible to increase the percentage of good pullets raised. A change in the system of raising chickens is necessar on all farms where 40 h eal thy, plump, and r ichly pigmented pullets have not been raised per 100 chicks started . It make little difference whether the cause of stunted, sharp-breasted, pale-pigmented pullet culls has been coccidiosis, worm infesta tion, leu kosis, or fowl cholera; the system that has failed in the pas t needs to be d1anged. T urkey growers have suc-ceeded b keeping poults confined to the brooder house and sun pord1es until the young tu rkeys are eight to ten weeks old, when they are moved to range shelter sheds and clean range with adequa te green feed . Wh en the same m ethods are applied to pullet rearing, there will be an improvement in th e market quality of d1icks raised, as well as an increase in egg p roduction of pullets dur ing the fall months and a de-crease in laying-house dea th loss. A nearby cornfield may provide shade, cover, and wind protection. A few ro>' s of tame sunflowers might be grown for this purpose. The Extension Service, College of Agriculture, University of Nebraska. Lincoln. Nebraska E.C. 1408 (Revised) July. 1946 Construction Detail MMER SH ELTER HE DS are relatively inexpensive. The pictures and bill of material are all that many people need for building their shelter sheds. The popular size summer shelter shed for 150 pullets is usually built 9 ft. x 12 ft., having an "A" shape roof. Side ·walls are usually 36 inches high and peak of roof five feet:This roof is made of six-foot boards of sheet iron. Framing i made of rough, unfinished lumber. There is a door on each end of the shelter. Two men can pick up this shelter and put it on a sled when it needs to be moved. A slatted platform 16 inches ·wide runs through the center of the shelter. Two feed troughs and a waterer are kept on this platform. This platform must be strong enough to bear the weight of the at-tendant. The slats are not nailed to the floor frame. The roosts slant upward from the center platform to the sides o[ the shelter. The most popular wire for placing beneath the roosts is elec-u-ic-welded, 14-guage wire with meshes one-by-two inches. R egular one-inch mesh poultry netting may be used around the outside. The wire should be placed to pro ide protection from rats, skunks, or coons. Bill of Material THE BILL OF :\IATERJ L for nine-by- twelve foot shelter heel with three-foot side walls, six-foot ridge, and door two-by-five feet. kids . ...... .. ..... .... . ......... ......... 2_:_2" X 4" X 12'- 0" ide Stud ... ........................... ......... 8-1" x 4" x 3'-0" ide ' 'Vall Horizontals.................... 4-1" x 4" x 12'-0" End Studs ........................................ 4-1" x 4" x 5'-0" Horizontal End Tie ...... ...... .......... 4-1" x 4" x 3'-6" Door Headers ................ ................. 2-1" x 4" x 2'-9" Floor Joists ....................... ......... ..... . 4-1" x 4" x 9'-0" Rafters .. . . .. .. . . .. . .. . .. .. . . .. .... .. .. ... .. . . .. ... . 8- 1" x 4" x 5'-6" Corner Braces .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . 4-1" x 4" x 5'-0" Roost Supports .............................. 8-1" x 4" x 4'-0" tringer .......................................... 2-1" x 4" x 12'-0" Ri~~e . ........................ ....... 1-1" x 6" x 12'- 0" allmg G1rts ........................ .. ... ..... 6-1" x 4" x 4'-0" Roosts ... ................ .............. ... .... ...... 8-1" x 4" x 12'-0" Floor Cleats .... ................................. 5-1" x 2" x 2'-0" Floor Slats ......... .. .. ........................ 8-1" x 2" x 12'-0" Doors-2" 0" x 5'-0"- . ..... .............. 2- 1" x 4" x 16'-0" Hardware I ails: 5 lbs.-6cl galvanized box nails 4 lbs.-poultry netting staples Hinges and Hooks: 3 pair-3" strap hinges 2 hasps and 3" hooks Roofing: 12 sheets-26" x 6'-0" galvanized I etting: 24 l ineal feet-48" width I Y2" mesh netting or 1" x 2" welded muskrat wire, under roosts. 40 lineal feet-36" width netting, 1" mesh, for sides. 9 lineal feet-24" width netting, 1" me h, for doors. Plan for Green Range TENDER GREEN FEED can be supplied by strip farming various crops. The crops which furnish a constant supply of green fed throughout the season vary with the time chicks go to range, as well as the location of the farm. 1. Fall-sown wheat or rye is ready to pasture earlier in the spring than other annual crops. Range shelters or brooder houses may be moved into this strip. 2. On strips adjoining both sides of the wheat or r ye, oats ma y be sown. From the time growing oats are several inches high until the crop ripens and the grain is consumed, excellent feed for poul try is provided. Enough oats should be sown to allow part of it to ripen. In sections where ra.pe grows well, the seed can be sown with oats. 3. One strip of sudan grass adjoining the oats is recommended for green feed after the oats have ripened. Alfalfa and brome grass mix-ture does equally well, and the stand is not often reduced where the chickens have access to the field but the shelter sheds are kept on the adjoining stubble. 4. An additional strip of tall growing corn, cane, kafir, or sunflowers can be used to provide shade cover and a limited amount of green feed during the late summer and fall. EITUGLIARD : 1 F:.:.~~UIIG£R .._,..GUA:RDS I"> 2"14"" 5 ~ 1 ' ENDS I" 1 12" • ll": ' ' . :::'-2-LIPS ~~·,l":t+' ' ' ' ·:::.-_ CIIICI\S WEI~HING 2~ l&S. (AN EAT fROM THIS HEN·SIIE F~ED TIOUGH . ' ' "<2--SIDES ARE 1~16" • 4' i Edges of all feed troughs are above vents of the birds. Reels are adjusted to pro-vide head room but not body room. Reels prevent birds from roosting on top of troughs. Lips of troughs are three inches wide. If such troughs are not more than half full no feed is pulled out and wasted. Two such troughs and" one five-gallon waterer are needed on the floor of each shelter shed. Distributed in furtherance of Atts of May 8 and june 30, 1914. Extension Service of the Uni-versity of Nebrask3 College of Agriculture, the U. S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. W. H . Brokaw, Director, Lincoln, Nebraska. (7-46-20M) 

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