POULTRY HOUSES 33 



say 24 ft. square, or one 48 ft. long by 24 ft. wide, accord- 

 ing to the number of fowls to be kept in the house. 

 This house should be 9 ft. high all around with a gable 

 roof, and have glass windows on all four sides. All of 

 these windows should be kept open when the days are 

 very warm. 



If the wind blows, the windows should be shut tight 

 on the side from which the wind conies. When it rains 

 and blows very hard, all the windows in the house 

 should be closed except those on one side against which 

 the wind does not blow; that is, if the wind blows from 

 the northeast the windows on the north, the east, and 

 the west would be closed and the windows on the south 

 left open. If the wind blows from the southwest, the 

 windows on the north would be left open and the other 

 windows be closed tight. 



When a house of this kind is used, the roosts should 

 be placed in the middle of the room lengthwise, directly 

 under the peak of the roof. The dropping-board should 

 be built on legs like a low-set table, the roosts running 

 lengthwise above the table, with the nest boxes 

 beneath it. 



Such a house should have ventilators in the peak of 

 the roof; those of galvanized iron with hoods over the 

 top are well suited for this purpose. Such ventilators 

 will work well during all kinds of weather. When it is 

 warm and hot, the air will pass out through them. When 

 the wind blows it causes a current around the hood and 

 the pipe; when the rain falls hard the hood-shaped lid 

 on top will prevent the rain from beating down through 

 the ventilator. Through these ventilators the warm air 

 comes out of the upper end of the pipe and passes 

 through the open space between the top of the pipe and 

 the lower side of the hood. 



