CONVENIENT AND GOOD POULTRY HOUSES. 15 
themselves by huddling together, by crowding on their 
roosts, by sitting flat upon the ground, and by standing 
or sitting in the sun. We mast therefore employ all 
these ways to secure that warmth, without which we 
shall have few eggs, with no less or even greater expense 
for food. 
Fowls suffer most from cold at night. In fact, nights 
are almost always colder than the days, and it is fortu- 
nate that by night when it is cold, we have less wind. 
A poultry house to be warm, must be close and tightly 
made, yet with good ventilation, for if warm and ill-ven- 
tilated, the birds may be suffocated. This has not un- 
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Figs. 2 and 38.—sSCTIONS OF ROOSTING ROOM, 
frequently occurred. By the accompanying section and 
plans (figs. 3 and 4), we secure warmth from every 
source. Too much sunlight is often disadvantageous, 
hence the low roof without windows. The windows (w), 
admit stnlight upon the floor and dust box. The house 
is twelve feet square, divided by a partition of boards. 
This leaves the two apartments each six feet wide. It is 
intended for less than twenty to thirty adult fowls. The 
perches (r), are five feet long each, so that thirty fowls 
will be pretty well crowded upon them. The full hight 
of the house is nine feet, in order to give the roof a good 
