THE POULTRY HOUSE AND EQUIPMENT 



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satisfaction. Wooden shingles in most localities are too ex- 

 pensive, and in the colder sections shingle roofs are too 

 drafty and cold in winter. 



The floor of the poultry house should be of concrete in 

 the permanent house; but, in the colony house, one of 

 matched flooring is best. Effort should be made to keep the 

 floor dry, and to prevent the harboring of rats or other vermin. 



Partition material in the poultry house should usually be 

 of wire netting. If the house is long, a close wooden or 



Figure 254. Interior of poultry house, showing trap nests. Reproduced from 

 Circular 37, Purdue University. 



cloth partition at intervals is desirable, in order to strengthen 

 the building, and also to prevent drafts. A house of six pens 

 might have one solid central partition, and others of wire. 

 The windows of the poultry house should be adjusted to 

 local conditions. In the southern states, glass should be un- 

 necessary. In the colder North, an arrangement by which 

 one sliding glass window can be arranged in connection with 

 cloth-screened openings will give the best satisfaction. The 



