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of three Inches. The floor is 

 then always dry and warm, 

 with a wallowing place, and 

 grit always handy. 



The plan of the southern 

 front shows the arrangement 

 of doors and window. The 

 door is made of good width, 

 so that wheelbarrow or cart 

 can pass through when clean- 

 ing the house. From 12 to 16 

 sq. ft. of glass is sufficient for 

 a house of this size. Too 

 much glass is a mistake, as it 

 makes the room overly hot in 

 the daytime, and too cold at 

 night, as the heat at night 

 quickly passes out through a 



Front Elevation of Mr. Davis" 1 Poultry House, 



glass surface. It is well to have a shutter of boards to close at night. 



It is useless to have a whole glass front in order to make summer time in the house in 

 January. To do this, the building must be kept tight, and, with foul air, hot and humid by 

 day, and damp and cold at night, there will soon be work for the poultry undertaker. 



No scratching sheds are thought necessary for poultry houses on the farm. The interior 

 wire door is closed, and the outer door thrown open, and the house is turned into a scratching 

 shed. Fresh air is thereby introduced into the house, and the dust which the industrious hens 

 stir up has a tendency to discourage lice and mites on the house walls and fixtures, as well as 

 on the fowls themselves. 

 Following is an estimate of cost of house as described 9 ft. x 12 ft. : 



Sills, 4x5, $1 50 



Studding, 2x2, 2 00 



12 rafters, 2x4, 1 50 



260 ft. siding, 8 00 



500 ft. roofing and interior sheathing, 5 00 



Windows, 2 50 



Doors, etc., 1 00 



$21 50 



Let the reader consider this plan in the light 

 of the two points Mr. Davis states as of most 

 importance dryness, and a smooth interior 

 surface. He considers the double wall with 

 air space between essential to a dry house, but 

 it is probable that his houses of this type have 

 been dry because well ventilated, rather than 

 because of construction. We may reasonably 

 infer from his last paragraph that he appre- 

 ciates the value of fresh air in the poultry 

 house, and takes the necessary means to have 

 it there. 



The proposition of the relation of construc- 

 tion to dryness in the house may be put in 

 this way : 



A double walled house properly venti- 

 lated will keep dry. 



End Elevation o/ Mr. Davis* Poultry House. 



