Chapter XXXYII. 



Genebal Directions — Portable Poultry-Houses — Shelters — " Wabm Mother " 

 — "Cold Mother" — Coops — Improved Poultry Homes. 



THE three essentials of successful poultry-keeping are breeding, 

 housing, and feeding. Housing is the most easily managed 

 and most generally neglected. A cbm'mon, profitable poultry- 

 house should be clean, facing from east to south, well-ventilated, 

 free from drafts, inexpensive, well-arranged, and screened by shrub- 



Fig. 1348.— Portable Poultry-house. 



bery, which adds to the appearance, gives summer shade, and affords 

 protection from winter storms. Small flocks need small houses ; 

 too large houses occasion roup and colds. . Have high, dry floors, 

 which will protect against cramp and rheumatism, and at the same 

 time ward off diphtheria and catarrh. Have dust-bins, and empty 

 them frequently, or heat the dust and kill the life-germs. Dust-bins 

 sometimes spread vermin.. 



Portable Poultry-Houses. 



The kind of a house shown in Fig. 1348 can be built for $10 or 

 £12. The fowls cost less to keep/securing most of their own food, 



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