FARM POULTRY. 



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This house is inexpensive and has 

 given excellent results as a pen for 

 the average farm. The hens lay well, 

 thrive well and make good weight. 



Avoidance of draughts, high site for 

 building, cleanliness, good natural 

 drainage and lots of light are of 

 course necessary accompanying fac- 

 tors. 





DETAILS OF PLAN. 



The accompanying plan is adapt- 

 able on the average farm for the 

 houfcing of about 100 hens. It al- 

 lows about six square feet of floor 

 space for every bird. As will be no- 

 ticed the front is open and wired 

 and is three feet in depth from sill 

 to plate. The back is four feet six 

 in depth from sill to plate; height 

 from peak to plate is sev en feet. 

 The'house is twenty-flve^feet square, 

 and has two sets of roosts, about two 



feet six from floor. A window is 

 fixed in the west end and the door in 

 the east end. The house faces south 

 and is very comfortable all the year 

 round. The back should be two 

 thicknesses of boards with tar paper 

 between. Curtains of cheese cloth 

 can be attached to be used when the 

 weather is exceptionally cold; these 

 can be stretched on laths and hinged 

 to the plate in front and fastened 

 securely with a thumb screw. 



