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POULTRY HOUSES 



roosting place r, as shown in the floor plan, Fig. 2, is 

 far back from the open front, and even if the wind 



blows directly into 

 the open front, very 

 little of it will pass 

 into the building, as 

 there are no open- 

 ings elsewhere to 

 form a draft. What 

 influence the wind 

 has is a benefit, 



since it drives what 



FIG. 2 warmth there is in 



the building to the 



rear, and not through the house and out of the other end. 

 The nest boxes n are located on both sides of the house. 

 In Fig. 3 is shown another type of open-front house 

 suitable for colder climates than the one shown in 

 Fig. 1, the openings being covered partly with cloth and 

 partly with glass. This kind of poultry house is most 

 favorably considered at present, but time only can tell 

 whether or not it will prove to be the best. It is a 

 two-room house, but the same general plan can be fol- 



FIG. 3 



lowed in constructing a long house having any number 

 of rooms. The house shown is 6^2 ft. high in the front 



