AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
No. 3 are the same, and I am able to state, after 
an experience with all kinds of poultry houses, that, 
all things considered, this is the most thoroughly 
satisfactory type of house I have ever used or 
seen. 
The inside arrangement of all three houses is 
extremely simple—the roosts and nests in the rear 
General and a drinking fountain and a hopper 
aca of grit and shells in each pen. These 
Number 1,2 occupy only a few feet of floor space, 
and 3 so the fowls have ample room to 
scratch and exercise in the litter of straw which is 
always present on the floor. 
During the winter time muslin should cover the 
ventilating frames, but in the summer time, or in 
warm climates, burlap will answer the purpose 
quite as well, and during pleasant weather in any 
season the cloth curtains should be entirely re- 
moved, giving the house a thorough sunning and 
airing. 
There is an inside curtain of burlap which may 
be hung down from the rafters in front of the 
perches in cold weather, but these should be used 
only on extremely cold nights. In comparatively 
mild sections they are not needed at all. 
The inside partitions between the several pens 
of the house are made of rough boards to the 
height of thirty inches or three feet, with poultry 
netting or fencing the remainder of the way up. 
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