92 Farm Poultry 



two or more separate houses having the same 

 capacity. That is, it is much cheaper to con- 

 struct a partition across a narrow poultry house 

 than to construct two end walls. Then, too, ad- 

 joining poultry pens, connected by an easy swing- 

 ing door, are more convenient for the attendant 

 than two separate houses. The arrangement of 

 having two or more pens in one building is of 

 the utmost importance where warm houses must 

 be provided to guard against frosted combs and 

 wattles. See Figs. 27 and 28. 



In constructing poultry houses, the material 

 to be used and the manner of building will de- 

 pend largely upon the material at hand. In one 

 locality certain materials may be comparatively 

 cheap, while in other localities the same articles 

 may be relatively more expensive than other ma- 

 terial equally suitable for the purpose. In select- 

 ing material, it should be borne in mind that the 

 building is to provide a warm, dry, well -venti- 

 lated, well -lighted home for the fowls. If these 

 requirements are satisfactorily complied with, it 

 will be necessary to provide roof and side walls 

 that are impervious to moisture and relatively 

 poor conductors of heat. Suitable arrangements 

 for ventilating and lighting the building must be 

 provided, and some provision should be made to 

 exeJude the moisture from beneath, particularly 

 if the soil is damp. 



