College Poultry House. 



During- a number of years we have been trying different styles of 

 poultry houses. The first houses constructed some ten or more years 

 ago were built very warm and tight and were so arranged that they 

 could be heated artificially. After a few years' trial the stoves, etc., used 

 for heating purposes were removed, and later the double windows. 

 Gradually we began opening the doors and windows daily, and not 



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Fig. 3. Cross section of House No. 2, showing the curtains in position for the day, etc. 



closing them in the fall of the year until the water would freeze in the 

 drink tin. The fresh air treatment gave us healthier and more vigorous 

 birds, and, as far as I can tell from the records, equally as many eggs, 

 which were better eggs for incubating purposes. 



We tried a few fowl in a small colony house constructed of single 

 ply boards, the cracks of which were battened. This house gave fairly 

 good results as regards egg production and hatchable eggs. 



Two years ago four houses, representing different styles of popu- 

 lar poultry houses, were constructed. These houses were stocked with 

 birds representing, as nearly as possible, the same strains of the breed. 

 The breeds used were White Wyandottes and Buff Orpingtons, the 

 one a rose combed breed, the other a single combed breed. 



