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tion and produce revenue. Plum trees grow more rapidly than apples 

 or pears, and all furnish suitable shade but should not be planted so 

 thickly as to produce dampness. For temporary' shade sunflowers and 

 com are unexcelled. 



HOUSING. 



Money is often spent unnecessarily in providing expensive building 

 equipment. Unduly artificial conditions are neither essential nor desir- 

 able in successful poultry growing. A plain, simply constructed house 



Fig. 4. For temporary shade corn is unexcelled. 



well lighted, dry, and properly ventilated without draft, is all that is 

 required. The interior fittings should be simply designed with as few 

 cracks and dark corners as possible thus aiding in the suppression of 

 lice and mites and avoidance of disease due to the lack of light and 

 dryness. 



FOUNDATION. 



A stationary poultry house should be constructed on a good founda- 

 tion. Posts, set in the ground, are objectionable as they decay rapidly, 

 while blocks and stones are so easilv moved bv frosts, etc., that they 

 are not satisfactory. Special i)recautions are necessary with these found- 

 ations to exclude vermin. It is difficult to repair a house warped 

 from the use of unstable foundations as all joints, doors, windows, etc., 



