256 POULTRY BREEDING 
front house. The illustration is so plain that the plan 
need not be discussed in detail. The house was 12’x20’ 
and 7’ high in front. The total cost was $42 and it com- 
fortably housed 50 fowls. Such a house is not recom- 
mended for large combed breeds in the colder sections, 
although it would be a very good house for these breeds 
in the South or the warmer sections of the West and 
Southwest. 
Poultrymen disagree concerning the best model for 
poultry houses and probably always will disagree. Some 
favor the colony house system, setting the single-room 
houses some distance apart. Others favor the long house 
of several rooms with an alleyway the entire length. 
Still others contend that the long house should not be 
built with an alleyway, as the alley wastes room and 
allows draughts to sweep from one end of the building 
to the other without restraint. Some want wire parti- 
tions between the rooms; others say a wire partition 
allows draughts to have free access and that the parti- 
tions should be solid, with a door in each one to allow 
the caretaker to go freely from room to room, The writer 
prefers the long house with tight partitions and no alley- 
way, thus making each room a separate apartment. A 
house built on such a plan is very easily enlarged, as 
each room is a separate unit, and in the plans this should 
be kept in mind. The \West Virginia house, for example, 
may have any number of rooms from one up, without in 
any way interfering with the plan, as each room is metely 
a separate house closely joined to others. We believe 
this plan is the better one for another reason, which 
seems good. A flock of hens which has become thor- 
oughly familiar with its caretaker lays better than one 
that is. not accustomed to the presence of human beings. 
