FIRST LESSONS IN POULTRY KEEPING. Ill 



house has a floor only a little higher than ground outside. The object in building the house 

 low is not so much to save cost as to conserve heat, the low building being more easily kept 

 warm than the higher one. Whether there is, on the whole, any real economy in saving heat 

 in tbis way seems doubtful. From what I have seen of the low and the full height houses 

 in operation, I consider the latter the better plan. There are' several reasons for this: 



1. The house heats up too much on warm winter days, and becomes uncom- 

 fortable early in the season. 

 2. It is an inconvenient house to work in as soon as you have to get out of 



the walk. 



3 It cannot be well adapted to other uses. 



These reasons will seem strong, or not according as those who consider them look at the 

 points involved. It seems to me that the low roofed house fails to meet several conditions 

 which may have to be considered in operation, while with heaters of ample capacity the 

 advantage of reducing the proportion of cubic to floor space is not of such importance as 

 when the smallest possible heater is used. 



Further, in view of the fact that it may become desirable to change the lines on which a 

 business is done, it is good policy to use buildings adaptable to any line whenever it is prac- 

 ticable to do so. 



