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portant that, if the soil is not somewhat sandy and thus 

 naturally well drained, it is well to select a site which 

 can be readily drained by tiles. 



Advantage should be taken of the protection of 

 higher land, trees, other buildings, hedges, etc., to help 

 create an inviting climate within the houses to be inhab- 

 ited by the fowls. 



In northern latitudes poultry houses are usually 

 placed fronting to the south, south-east or south-west, 

 in order to get the full benefit of the sunlight in winter. 

 During the cold season on bright days the first rays of 

 the rising sun should strike into the house. The sun, 

 running low, shines into the front of the house all day 

 and the last rays of the setting sun help to make the 

 interior of the hens' abode bright and comfortable at the 

 close of the day. 



The direction of the prevailing winds should be noted 

 and the back of the house, if practicable, so placed that 

 the windows, doors and yards at the front or sides shall 

 receive shelter from the building itself. 



STONEBUBN BROODER HOUSES. 



The distinguishing features of the Stoneburn brood- 

 er house plan are the depressed alley-floor and elevated 

 chick-floor, the latter being three and one-half feet high- 

 er than the former. The original house as built was 

 fifteen by thirty feet in size with a four by five feet 

 extension at the east end, the latter forming an entry 

 so that the attendant may pass in or out without admit- 

 mitting draughts of wind in cold weather. 



The alley way, four fleet in width, extends the length 

 of the house. The chick-floor is divided into six pens 

 five feet by eleven feet in size. 



Individual indoor brooders are used, one for each 

 pen. Miss Frances E. Wheeler of Clover Nook Poultry 

 Farm, Chazy, N. Y., attaches a strong cord to the cover 

 of each hover, carrying the cord up to a pulley attached 

 to the ceiling, and thence out to the alley. By pulling 

 this cord the cover is raised, and the hover's interior 



