BULLETIN 127. MAY, 1903. 



Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm. 



FARM POULTRY, WITH THE RESULTS. OF SOME EXPERI- 

 MENTS IN FATTENING CHICKENS. 



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



This Bulletin is intended to give information to farmers and 

 others, on general matters pertainingf 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. 



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 disappoint- 

 ing. To the plans given below, there are no doubt some objections; 

 but there are strong points in each. Many of these houses are giving 

 excellent results in Ontario. 



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 bene- 

 ficial to towl, especially during the winter months. 



Poultry House of L. H. Baldwin, Deer Park (Toronto). 



Mr. L. H. Baldwin's poultry house is a good one. It is well 

 planned and has given good results. I have always found Mr. Bald- 

 win's fowls very healthy and in good laying condition. The point 

 of excellence in this plan of a house is that the fowls are allowed 

 exercise in the open air, and are, at the same time, protected from 

 the wind. It also furnishes a warm roosting pen. 



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