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of air through the cloth ventilates the house and pre- 

 vents dampness. In winter, the temperature inside the 

 house with cloth windows averages considerably higher 

 than that of the outside air. Careful tests made at 

 midnight show that while the temperature of a house 

 with cloth windows was 6 degrees and that of a house 

 with glass windows 14 degrees above zero, the outside 

 temperature was 4 degrees below zero. Although the 

 house with glass windows was 8 degrees warmer than 

 the house with the muslin front, the advantage in 

 temperature was more than balanced by the dampness 

 with which it was accompanied. 



Cloth windows promote the free circulation of air, 

 which frees the interior of the house from dampness and 

 unsanitary, unnatural conditions. The fowls within the 

 poultry house that is ventilated by means of cloth 

 windows have all the advantages of living in the open 

 air and are sheltered from the dangers of such a life. 

 Judgment, however, must be exercised in the use of 

 cloth fronts, for if there is more cloth front to the 

 house than is needed, the difference between the house 

 temperature and the outside temperature will be less 

 than that mentioned in the foregoing paragraph. Not 

 so much open space is necessary in houses in the far 

 North as for those in warmer localities. 



TYPES OF POULTRY HOUSES 



HOUSES WITH OPEN FRONTS 



In Fig. 1 is shown one type of open-front house that 

 may be used in mild climates. This house is 12 ft. wide 

 and 20 ft. deep, and provides 240 sq. ft. of floor space, 

 or sufficient room for about sixty fowls. It is built low 

 in front about 3 or 4 ft. high in the clear and is 7 ft. 

 high in the rear. The double-slant roof provides suf- 

 ficient height for the interior, and at the same time has 

 a small amount of open space overhead. The front of 

 the house is not closed more than is shown in the 



