POULTRY ARCHITECTURE. 1007 



Fig. 1355 shows an improved poultry-house, with runs fenced 

 with Wire netting. The roof is of iron, the runs about six feet wide, 

 and there is a space of two feet or more under the house for retreat 

 in bad weather. 



In building hen-houses, lice or other vermin should from the 

 very first be guarded against, or they will be a great annoyance to 

 both the fowls and their owner. So important is this that if the 

 walls be built very rough or uneven, it is well Worth while to give 

 them a little plastering over to make the surface more even. In 

 building wooden houses, a brush dipped in- kerosene or paraffine 

 should be passed along the tongued edges of all the boards as they 

 are nailed in their places, the effect of which will last some time ; but 

 wooden walls also should be regularly Hnie-washed; and if at any 

 time vermin should get into them, they should be expelled by syr- 

 inging all over, either with paraffine or a solution of carbolic acid. 

 The last is certain death to nearly all insects, and is one of the most 

 valuable additions to the resources of the poultry-keeper. 



