POULTRY-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 



BY H. E. UPTON, Assoc.O.A.C., POULTRY INSTRUCTOR. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



IIEIJE arc many essentials relating to the housing of poultry, quite a 

 number of which apply only to certain parts of the Province. The 

 plans oftentimes followed are either too mechanical or not applicable 

 to all localities in the Province. Some have built houses which show 

 that the first essential of housing poultry was not thoroughly known 

 or given attention to before building. It is the intention of the writer 

 to mention what should be done in order to get the best results from housing in all 

 districts of the Province. 



The most economical way to secure cheap winter egg production is by the con- 

 tinuous system of housing; that the stock be hatched at the proper time, which 

 means from the 15th day of March to the loth day of May in most any part of 



The frames of houses may be made from trees about 3 inches in diameter, 

 above shows a Tolman house in the course of construction. 



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British Columbia ; that the poultryman possesses a good knowledge of feeding his 

 stock in order to secure good egg production and at the same time not force them ; 

 that the stock be of a strain which is not susceptible to any harsh climatic change 

 that may occur in any part of the Province ; and, further, that the stock has been 

 given every, chance to progress without any set-back from lice, mites, or disease. 

 Tnless these essentials have been attended to properly, one must not expect good, 

 profitable egg production in any type of poultry-house. 



