POULTRY HOUSES 



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illustration, except in very cold weather, when frames 

 covered with muslin cloth may be used inside the wire 

 screen. The wire screen and the screen door protect 

 the poultry from dogs and other animals. The screen 

 door in front shouljl be left open during the day, but it 

 should be kept closed at night. Air passes through the 

 open front into the whole house. The door at the side 

 is for the attendant's use, and should be covered with 

 heavy paper or boards during the winter months. The 

 house, being practically air-tight, except in front, will 

 be free from drafts, or currents of air, and the tem- 

 perature inside will differ very little from that outdoors; 



also, the interior will be dry. The windows, one on 

 each side of the house, should be kept open during hot 

 weather, but should always be closed when it is damp, 

 cool, or cold. 



The fresh-air house, being of low, narrow construction, 

 like a cave, is warmer naturally than a higher and 

 narrower house with an open front; notwithstanding 

 this, it will be scarcely 12 degrees warmer inside of a 

 fresh-air house during a cold night than it is outdoors. 

 The advantage derived from the use of these houses is 

 the close approach to natural conditions in a roosting 

 place for the fowls, although when roosting inside of a 

 house of this kind, they are more sheltered from the 

 elements than when roosting in the open air. The 



