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Farm Poultry 



house, with light partitions constructed largely of 

 netting, may be erected for considerably less expense 

 than two or more separate houses having the same 

 capacity. That is, it is much cheaper to construct 

 a partition across a narrow poultry house than to 

 construct two end walls. Then, too, adjoining 

 poultry pens, connected by an easy swinging door, 



FIG. 31. Poultry houses West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. 



are more convenient for the attendant than two 

 separate houses. The arrangement of having two 

 or more pens in one building is of the utmost im- 

 portance where warm houses must be provided to 

 guard against frosted combs and wattles. (See 

 Figs. 29 and 30.) 



In constructing poultry houses, the material 



