8 POULTRY HOUSES 



so pleasant in Florida that little chicks can run about 

 on the ground. At the same time it may be so cold in 

 the Dakotas as to require unusual effort to keep larger 

 animals sufficiently warm. Notwithstanding this, it is 

 possible through care, management, and proper construc- 

 tion of buildings to use about the same type of house in 

 both localities. 



What is known as the open-front house, or some modi- 

 fication of it, is best suited for all localities. In Florida 

 and in lower California fully one-half of the front of 

 the house should be open and there should be some 

 arrangement in the rear and perhaps at both ends of the 

 building to clear the house of hot air during the warmest 

 months. 



Less open front will be needed in the temperate zones 

 than farther south, and less from the Dakotas to Alaska 

 than in the temperate zones. The greater the number 

 of fowls kept in each house, the more open the front of 

 the house should be, and the fewer kept in each house 

 throughout the temperate and the northern zones, the less 

 open front will be needed. All poultry houses used north 

 of latitude 35 should have both glass windows and open- 

 front or cotton-cloth windows in them. In recent years 

 there has been a practice of putting a window in each 

 end of a house. This is a good plan for the summer, but 

 it is objectionable for the winter unless the windows can 

 be closed so tightly that no cold drafts can enter around 

 the edges. 



In temperate zones there should be about 1 sq. ft. of 

 open or muslin-covered windows to each 10 sq. ft. of floor 

 space and about three-fourths as much glass window as 

 muslin window. In the far north, in Winnipeg and in 

 Manitoba, about half as much muslin-covered windows 

 with fully one-third more glass window will answer. 

 The glass windows in all houses should extend from 18 to 

 24 in. above the floor to near the roof, to permit the sun- 

 shine to get into the interior of the building. 



Although it is possible to use the same style of exterior 

 construction in all localities, it is necessary to under- 



