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flocks. If but one room is provided, each fowl should have 

 from ten to fifteen square feet of floor space. If roosting and 

 scratching pens are in separate apartments, each fowl should 

 have five to six square feet of floor space in roosting pen 'and 

 ten to twelve in the scratching pen. Provide a roosting space 

 of seven to eight inches for the smaller Mediterranean fowls, 

 such as the Leghorns, eight to ten for Rocks and Wyandottes, 

 and ten to twelve for the larger Asiatic breeds the Brahmas 

 and Cochins. In the yard in summer from one hundred to 

 one hundred and fifty square feet of grass should be allotted 

 each fowl. 



Light. Sunlight purifies the floors, roosts and drop boards 

 and helps to keep the fowl in a vigorous, healthy condition. 

 In order to make provision for a large admission of sunlight 

 at least one-third of the south and east sides should be glass. 

 The windows if placed high up will allow the sun to do its 

 most effective work in shining into the remotest corners of 

 the house. In some cases windows are placed in the roof of 

 the scratching pens. 



Warmth. The roosting apartment must be warm and com- 

 fortable for the fowls while at rest. In order to make the 

 roosting apartment warm a small part may be curtained off 

 from the rest of the house so that the heat from the fowls' 

 bodies will warm it sufficiently. The scratching or exercising 

 part should be light and cool, but free from draughts. 



Pure Air. Ventilation must be secured, as fowls cannot re- 

 main in a healthy condition in foul, damp, stagnant air. But 

 in securing change of air we must be careful to prevent 

 draughts, especially in those apartments where the fowls 

 roost. 



Roosts. Roosts should be made of 2x3s. They should be 

 planed off smooth, rounded slightly on the upper corners and 

 should be free from splits or cracks, as vermin lodge in these 

 crevices and are hard to dislodge. The roosts should be 

 placed low not more than three feet from the floor, and 

 should be at least eighteen to twenty inches from the wall. 

 If more than one roost is used, all should be on a level, for 

 if you put one higher than the other the fowls will crowd for 

 the higher roost. Low roosts are easier to mount and to fly 

 from. A drop board should be placed under the roosts twenty 

 inches in width for single roosts and thirty-six inches for two 

 roosts. This must be made of planed inch lumber so that it 

 can be easily cleaned at last twice a week. 



