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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The door may be made by nailing on to two cross-strips enough boards to fill 

 the opening between the boxes. It should then be hung on strong hinges and swing 

 outward. 



If the fowls are to be permitted to go out of the house, a small door should be 

 arranged for in the lower west end of southern exposure. This additional opening 

 should be so placed as to avoid cross-draughts. 



The frames for each window should fit tightly, and each should be covered with 

 one thickness of thin muslin or cotton cloth. Unbleached sheeting is commonly used 

 for this purpose. These frames maybe buttoned on the front or hinged inside. If 

 hinges are used, they should be placed on the top so the frames may be swung up 

 out of the way t<> the roof, to prevent the hens roosting or laying on them when not 

 in i> 



The building should then be covered to make it wind and weather proof, using 

 one-ply roofing-pa per. This material should be put on as smoothly as possible in 

 warm weather and should lie well cemented and nailed. 



For winter use the house must be kept free from cross-draughts.- It is also 

 important that good ventilation be provided during hot weather. Tight poultry- 

 houses litM-i.iiu- uncomfortably hot in the summer, and birds confined in them do 

 not remain string and active. One may either arrange to face the house north 

 during the summer months, and so prevent the sun from shining in. or cut a good- 



: door high up in the rear, keeping the same tightly closed until hot weather. 

 when it may be ojn-ned to provide the necessary ventilation. 





A type of colony house which would work well on a city lot for 15 hens 



