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Another vine, commonly known as Dutchman's pipe, 

 is a profuse grower, and is often used as shade for poul- 

 try. Hop vines, gherkins, and morning glories also may 

 be grown for the purpose of shelter. 



The use of Jerusalem artichokes for shade has been 

 recommended because they grow quickly and come up 

 year after year, affording shade in abundance. It is 

 said that this plant can be grown inside of poultry yards 

 if protected until it gets a good start, and that fowls 

 will not eat the leaves even though no other green stuff 

 is available. Castor-oil plants, where they can be pro- 

 tected from disturbance until well started, will grow 

 profusely and become very large, and will provide abun- 

 dant shade beneath which the growing chicks may run 

 and be protected during the warmest weather. 



Sweet corn makes a splendid shade for poultry. When 

 fairly well up, the mother hens and young chicks may 

 run through it without harming the plants or the ears 

 of corn. When the corn is ready for the table the ears 

 can be removed without breaking the stalks, which con- 

 tinue to furnish shade. Corn fields on farms furnish a 

 most attractive shelter from the direct rays of the sun 

 and the fowls like to wander through them hunting bugs 

 and worms. Some of the best exhibition fowls grown 

 spend the first few months of their life in the corn fields. 



When no other shade can be provided, awnings of 

 muslin should be stretched over frames and placed so 

 as to prevent the sun from shining too directly inside 

 of the poultry buildings. Frames made like tables, with 

 the tops of muslin or cloth of some kind, can be placed 

 here and there to protect the fowls from the sun. Tar 

 paper or building paper can be used in place of muslin 

 for the same purpose. 



UNIT HOUSE 



The demand for houses for large flocks has brought 

 into use a style of house that is called the unit house. 

 A house of this kind may be built in two or more sepa- 



