COMMON SENSE POULTRY HOUSES 

 Painting the Houses 



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For painting the houses I have found nothing better than the 

 crude petroleum. I add to it for all my houses, red Venetian paint 

 mixed with a little kerosene or distillate oil, to thin it. This colors 

 them a handsome chocolate. Creosote stain of a dark green is also 

 a very good color, harmonizing well with the landscape, and both 

 of these are preventive of mites and keep their color well for several 

 years. A good whitewash also is quite suitable. The color is a 

 matter of taste after all, and I am only describing the inexpensive 



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methods I and others have successfully used. The whole plant, 

 irrespective of size, should be planned symmetrically; the houses 

 made all alike and placed in line; the large in one row and the 

 smaller in another and all arranged so as to save as many steps 

 for the care-taker as possible. A little forethought in this matter 

 at the beginning may save many steps and dollars later on. 



