man can feed and water the fowls, gather the eggs, clean the houses, 

 and care for 3,000 to 4,000 hens when kept in these houses, and still 

 have some spare time for other work, and we do not know of any 

 other system of housing by which this is possible. 



These houses can be built 20x40 feet for 500 Leghorns, 24x48 feet 

 for 750 Leghorns, and 30x60 feet for 1,000 Leghorns. They will not 

 accommodate quite so many of the larger breeds. The house is 

 divided in the middle, and half the flock being kept on either side. 

 The house is two stories, the lower rooms being used in which to feed 

 and lay, and the upper room is used as a roosting room. The ceiling 

 of the upper room should be ceiled, and the upper story should be 

 covered with roofing or building paper, as this adds to the warmth of 

 the roosting quarters. The house is built of matched siding and bat- 

 tened. The lower story is seven feet high and the upper story is six 

 or six and one-half feet. 



The windows should be arranged so they can be raised and low- 

 ered. The windows admit an abundance of sunlight and can be 

 lowered or raised to admit ventilation. If the wind is from the east 

 or from the southwest, we close all windows on that side of the house 

 and leave the windows on the opposite side open. By this system we 

 always have plenty of fresh air, and also avoid a wind or draft on the 

 fowls. You will notice that windows are on all sides of the house. 

 Some of the windows should always be open at least part way, in even 

 the severest weather, unless it should get ten or more below zero. The 

 exit for the fowls should be through the windows. It is advisable to 

 have two large yards or ranges in connection with each house. While 

 the yard on one side is being cultivated the fowls can use the other 

 yard. 



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There are only two outside doors to the building. The lower one 

 being used by the attendant and the upper one is used for storing feed 

 in the two large bins. The dry mash hopper and the mixed grain bin 

 each hold sufficient feed to last the flock for at least a month. The 

 feed is mixed in the feed room and then hauled to the ^Laywell" and 

 the bins and self-feeding hopper are each filled. The dry mash feeds 



