AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



warmer in the winter, for the reason that there will 

 not be such a large amount of air space for the 

 fowls to warm with their bodily heat. 



In selecting window sash, remember that those 

 with small glass seriously obstruct the light, while 

 very large glass break too easily and are more 

 expensive. 



While the exercising part of the poultry house 

 should not be too warm, so that the birds may be 

 Roosting induced to exercise in order to keep 



Quarters warm, they cannot handily move 



around while on the roosts, and this part of the 

 house should be the warmest and most snug of all. 

 However, there is no necessity for having a sepa- 

 rate and more tightly constructed room, apart from 

 the exercising quarters, for the location of the 

 perches. With the roosts in the rear part of the 

 house, and that part of the house the lowest as 

 I have suggested, there usually is no necessity 

 for any separation of the roosting and exercising 

 parts of the house in the more pleasant sections 

 of America. However, in cold climates, or with 

 birds that have very large combs, it often becomes 

 desirable to hang curtains of burlap or a similar 

 loosely woven material down in front of the 

 perches at night, but that is ordinarily as much 

 extra protection as ever is necessary. 



Where these curtains are used it will be found 

 that they keep pretty closely confined the animal 



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