26 THE HOME POULTRY BOOK 
collected on the walls and made the houses damp. 
No longer are houses built with double walls packed 
with sawdust and with tightly closed windows filling 
the front. Many poultrymen have gone so far as to 
omit all glass, either substituting muslin curtains or 
making their houses entirely open in front. 
The conservatively radical house, if the expres- 
sion may be permitted, has much muslin and a little 
glass, the latter admitting light on very stormy days 
when it is advisable to have the muslin covered 
frames closed, and also, if properly arranged, allow- 
ing sunlight to strike directly on the floor at the 
front of the pen early in the morning, something 
quite desirable in cold weather, when the sun is slow 
in rising. 
There is no better type of house, in the opinion 
of many experts, than one which has a long hori- 
zontal opening, the bottom of which is two feet 
above the floor, with a window of glass under it or 
a taller window at the end, placed upright and with 
the bottom close to the floor. The long opening 
should be fitted with a muslin-covered frame, which 
may be hinged at the top and hooked up out of the 
way when not in use. Of course the opening should 
also be covered with poultry netting, and it is well 
