DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



be raised is from the fact that the openings often embrace the whole of the front of 

 the house, or the opening embraces the upper half of the front and the lower half is 

 of solid boards. A good arrangement of glass and opening for curtain is shown in 

 the cut on page Jfc The following cut shows a good arrangement of the amount of 

 glass, openings, curtains, and interior arrangements in a pen of a continuous house. 



To show tie beams in combination-pitch house, b, feed-hopper : o, nests ; d, coop 

 for extra males; h, place ; . curtain; /, roost curtain (not needed); 



g, roosts. 



PARTITIONS. 



We have found quite frequently that ranchers have more or less trouble with 

 colds amongst their stock. Though not always the case, we might state that often- 

 times this trouble is due to the fact that there is too much frontage to a pen or pens 

 in the house in comparison to the depth of the house. 



A house that is built 14 feet in depth should not have pens over 14 feet in 

 length, unless there is a good wind-break near the roosts, or, say, covering the back 

 half of the pen, running from back to front of house. 



Partitions should be tight at the back half of the house. If the builder does not 

 desire to make the front half of the partition of solid board, a good heavy cloth 

 could be used as a substitute. The strong objections to cloth are that it is less 

 durable and collects dust very qui-kly. 



Another suggestion might be that boards be used to the height of 2^4 feet from 

 the floor up, with the exception of the roosting part of the house, and cloth be used 

 to fill up the remaining distance. 



DOORS. 



The best place for doors seems to be in the centre of the partitions all through 

 the house. All doors should be raised above the floor G inches, so that the. bottom 

 will clear the litter. A 5-inch piece of inch board may be nailed permanently under 

 the door. 



The doors should be hung evenly on hinges which are durable. A cheap hinge 

 is an expensive nuisance when once it gets out of working order. 



\ _:<>od serviceable door is one which will allow ample room for the attendant 

 to walk through with a pail in his hand. The writer prefers a single to a double 

 door, except in cases where a trolly-car is to be u?ed in the house. 



The interior doors should swing both ways rather than one, and when once shut 

 should be secured firmly. Continual swinging of doors means a draught, which one 

 desires to overcome. 



