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OPEN FRONT FRESH AIR HOUSE. 



This is a very simple and satisfactory house. The approximate 

 cost of the material in most sections for a house 20x20 feet is about 

 $50.00 to $75.00, depending on location, and it will house from 100 to 

 150 of the smaller breeds. It is advisable to use a concrete foundation 

 and cement floor. We use a cement floor all over the north portion of 

 the house, and on the front six feet, just in front of the opening, we 

 use an ordinary dirt floor. "We fill this in with dry soil, and it makes a 

 good place for the fowls to take a dust bath. We renew this soil 

 occasionally. There is a twelve-inch board used to separate the cement 

 and dirt floors, and this holds the scratching material in place. "We 

 place two large double windows in the west side of the house. The 

 door is just opposite in the east side. You may also place a window 

 in the top half of the door. In the summer season both windows and 

 doors may be removed to admit ventilation and make the house more 

 comfortable. If you find it to be too warm in hot weather you may 

 make two ventilators just beneath the droppings boards, one foot 

 wide and three or four feet long. But this is not necessary except in 

 very hot climates. 



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Showing the floor plan of the open front fresh air house. 



The house is built four feet high in front, five feet liijrli in the 

 rear, and nine feet high to the highest point of the roof. The high 

 point of the roof should be about two-thirds of the way back, 1lu 

 short slope being to the north and the long slope to the south. The 

 back wall should be made perfectly tight when you desire the venti- 

 lators spoken of above, and these should be made to close so there is 

 no (hmizvi- from drafts. We cover the roof with boards and compo- 



