BULLETIN 151. 



OCTOBER, 1906. 



Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm. 



FARM POULTRY, WITH THE RESULTS OF SOME EXPERI- 

 MENTS IN POULTRY HOUSES AND FATTENING CHICKENS. 



By W. R. Graham, B.S.A., Poultry Manager and Lecturer. 



This Bulletin is intended to give information to farmers and others, 

 on general matters pertaining to the keeping of poultry. 



It also contains the results of a few experiments which have been 

 conducted at this institution in fattening chickens for the home and 

 export market ; also the results of an experiment with poultry houses. 



CONSTRUCTION OF POULTRY HOUSES. 



We find poultry thriving and yielding good returns in so many 

 different styles of houses, that it is very difficult to lay down any 

 hard and fast rules. The tendency at present is towards cheaper 

 houses, with better ventilation. The hot-house style of housing poultry 

 during the winter has not been satisfactory, many of the houses being 

 damp, and the air in them anything but agreeable. Disease has been 

 quite common ; and the results in many cases have been disappointing. 



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Fig. 1. Different Styles of Poultry Houses Suitable for an Ordinary Farm. 



Every poultry house should be light ; at least one-third of the south 

 side of it should be of glass, or otherwise opened to the sun. It should 

 face the south-east or south. The sun's rays are very beneficial to 

 fowl, especially during the winter months. 



