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Style ".-/" Poultry House 



any floor space. This arrangement makes an excellent combination brooder 

 and conditioning house. In case conditioning coops are not desired, the 

 high side is placed toward the south to admit more sunlight whether used 

 for brooder or laying houses. 



As a good, sensible, all-the-year round house, Style B a building 24x30 

 feet is very, very pleasing to me. It is cool in summer and plenty warm 

 in winter. There is a ventilator that keeps the house dry and the air more 

 pure. Without the ventilator this house will be damp, so by all means, install 

 this particular style of ventilator in this type of house. The ventilator is 

 constructed by nailing boards across two studdings about fifteen inches apart, 

 near the center of the building above the droppings board. Then continue 

 the boards along the roof to the siding. You had better start these boards 

 about six inches above the droppings board. Be sure to cut away the siding 

 at the highest point at the end of the ventilator to allow the damp, impure 

 air to pass outside. The ventilator terminates at the highest point of siding, 

 directly under the roof. 



In these buildings on my farm, the water supply is obtained from a cistern 

 under the cement floor of each building. These cisterns are square and built 

 of concrete. It is easier and cheaper to build the cisterns this shape than 

 round and I consider them just as satisfactory. Furthermore, when the 

 buildings are scattered over considerable space, the time saved in watering 

 soon pays for the cost of putting in the cistern. 



In concluding these paragraphs on poultry houses, I am going to quote from 

 my other book popularly called the Town Lot Book from the chapter on 

 poultry houses. 



