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ditions cannot be met when fowls are kept arti- 

 ficially, but the more nearly they can be approxi- 

 mated, the better for the health and vigor of the 

 fowls. The requirements of a sanitary, healthful 

 poultry house are: 



1 SUNSHINE. Any house that does not admit 

 the sun is unsanitary, no matter how well planned 

 otherwise. Making the house front south and hav- 

 ing its windows high, if it must have windows, and 

 its front so that it can be open except in stormy 

 weather, will meet the sunshine requirement. An 

 east front is nearly as good as a south front and 

 better in this respect, that it provides afternoon 

 shade. 



2. FRESH AIR. Roup, catarrh, bronchitis and a 

 dozen other ailments follow in the train of bad venti- 

 lation. The open front is good as far as it goes, 

 but a house open in front and closed on the other 

 three sides is close in warm or foggy weather, and 

 there should be windows or ventilators at the rear 

 which can be opened or closed as the weather de- 

 mands. 



3. PROTECTION. Protection must be provided 

 from (1) wind, (2) rain, (3) too much sunshine, 

 (4) rats, weasels and other vermin. 



In order to secure protection from the wind, the 

 house must face away from the direction from 

 which come the worst winds. This, in California, 

 is north, so it is very desirable for this as well as 

 for other reasons that the house front south or 

 southeast. 



But our rains come from the south and east, so 

 a house which avoids the wind gets the rain. In 

 Southern California, where the winter rainfall is 

 small, a very satisfactory house is the portable col- 

 ony house which can be turned to face in any direc- 



