AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



simply by using a few fancy ornaments and by 

 keeping the house and fence attractively painted 

 and vines and shrubbery growing along the fence 

 and in the yards. 



Cheap Poultry Houses. For the benefit of those 

 who wish inexpensive poultry houses, I might state 

 that it does not pay to try to economize too closel) 

 along this line; for fowls cannot thrive and pay a 

 profit in the face of poor housing. With the pres- 

 ent high prices of lumber and labor, it is next tc 

 impossible to build a satisfactory poultry house 

 from new materials at a really cheap price. It is 

 better to have a small house that is tight and well 

 constructed, than a large one of inferior quality 

 and unsatisfactory design. 



Best Width for Poultry Houses. The more 

 nearly square a house is, the less the cost of con- 

 struction. However, no poultry house should evei 

 be more than fifteen or sixteen feet deep, or the sur 

 cannot reach the depths most remote from the win- 

 dows. Twelve to fourteen feet is the depth pre- 

 ferred by the author for continuous houses. 



Modern Continuous House No. i. This build 

 ing is 36 feet long by 12 feet wide, and contains 

 three sections, or divisions, each 12 feet square 

 The front elevation is 9 feet and the rear 5 feet 

 The roof is covered with shingles. The windows 

 are composed of two sashes, each containing sb 

 panes of glass 9x14 inches in size. The curtains 



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