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greater risks of disease as a result of any little slip in the system, is a 

 question for each individual to determine for himself. Most farmers 

 would determine in favor of the cold house, because it leaves them more 

 free to look after other work. 



A Final Caution. 

 The cold house, though it has advantages, is but a part of a system, 

 I have made the point that the kind of house is not a matter of prime 

 importance ; that the essential things in the production of winter eggs 

 were : — 



1. To have pullets and hens ready to lay at the beginning of winter. 



2. To feed them well. 



The argument for the cold house rests on the proposition that uni- 

 formity of temperature and dryness in the house are the most favorable 

 conditions for health and egg production, and that these are more surely 

 secured by most people in cold houses than in warm ones 



The cold house is simply a condition for the hens, and a convenience 

 for the poultry keeper. 



