Open-front Houses 



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be insufficient at times and more than is needed in 

 extreme cold weather. Then too, the straw soon 

 becomes dusty and requires changing. This manner 

 of ventilating has not become very popular. 



Open-front houses. These have been recom- 

 mended largely on account of the extreme venti- 



FIG. 43. An open front colony house. 



lation which they afford, but for cold climates they 

 cannot take the place of the warmer and more 

 comfortable quarters provided by careful poultry- 

 men. While reasonably cold pure air is to be pre- 

 ferred to warmer impure air, yet it should not be 

 forgotten that it is the purity of the air and not the 

 low temperature that is desirable. A moderately 



