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of construction. Formerly they were made with tight walls, 

 had glass windows, and in winter the air within was kept at 

 as comfortable a temperature as possible. Sometimes these 

 houses were lathed and plastered. Not much attention was 

 given to ventilation. Houses of this sort are not built as 

 much as formerly; and if they are, cloth screens on the 

 front or south side replace most of the glass, pure air being 



Fig. 205. 



A continuous house for winter layers. 

 Houses.' ' 



Reproduced from "Poultry 



regarded as a necessity. In many cases, these houses have 

 open front windows, except in the coldest winter weather, 

 when the cloth screens are dropped. Laying pen houses are 

 of different styles, a common one having a simple single 

 pitch shed roof, with a height of 6 or 7 feet at the south, and 

 4 or 5 feet at the rear. It is best to have the house of a depth 

 that will allow sunshine to reach as near to the back wall as 

 possible. A depth of 14 feet and a width of 12 to 14 feet for 



