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Farm Poultry 



cised to exclude them before resorting to destruc- 

 tion by poison. While poison may sometimes be 

 safely used, the danger of poisoning the fowls 

 and other domestic animals is so great that one 

 is not warranted in using it except as a last 

 resort. 



CONSTKUCTION OF HOUSES 



In designing poultry houses, the form is nec- 

 essarily one of the first points to be determined. 

 While the design is under consideration, the 

 essentials of a farm poultry house should be 



Fig. 27. A double house Pennsylvania State College. 



continually kept in mind. The chief essentials 

 may be enumerated as warmth, dryness, light 

 and cheapness. In order to assure proper light- 

 ing, it is often found necessary to deviate some- 



