SUCCESSFUL POULTRY KEEPING 



by 16. These houses have one slant to roof, 7 feet high on 

 south and 3J on north, 14 feet ship-lap' cuts without waste. 

 Door on south side at east comer, windows just west of door. 

 Roosts to the west end all on a level 14 inches from the ground. 

 A small window in center of east end above scratching shed 

 roof. Scratching shed on east end of building with small open- 

 ing closed with slide. 



A. 24. As above, after old enough to take from brooder. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. I use the same houses that they live in through 

 fall and winter, having scratching sheds attached for bad weather. 



EDW. KNAPP, KNAPP BROS., Fabius, N. Y. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 



A. 23. A continuous house with glass, wood and cloth 

 front, so constructed as to give plenty of Ught and ventilation. 

 Much less work, and business can be better managed in early 

 spring. 



A. 24. We prefer the colony house plan. 



A. 25. We do. 



A. 26. A movable, well' lighted and ventilated, cheaply 

 constructed building, 8 by' 16, shed roof, good height on front 

 side. 



J. W. PARKS, Altoona, Pa. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. The A. F. Hunter "Open-Front." We make ours 

 in pairs, in other words, we make our frame 10 by 38. We divide 

 this in the center and have two compartments 10 by 19. We 

 again divide each compartment, and have a rOostmg room 10 

 by 9 and a scratching shed 10 by 10. We place our roosting 



AN ENGLISH TYPE OF PORTABLE HOUSE 



nights and stormy days; We also ;have a muglin door between 

 roosting room and scratching shed which we close during zero 

 weather. 



A. 24. Sled runner colony house. 



A. 25. We have raised chickens with almost every style 

 of coops .and have settjed down tq the colony houses. 



A. 26. We "use the sled runner colony hotise. They are 

 built on three 3 by,6,inQh,jpists, and the ends of the. 3 by, 6 

 pieces are sawed off, Hlce a. sled runner. We make our houses 

 6 by 7 feet flooT and 6 feet high in front, and 4 feet high in back. 

 We make them out of matched lumber, and ha,ve double floors, 

 with a window and door in front. We place our brooders in 

 them in the early spring,, and move them around with a horse 

 each two weeks even if it is only the length of the house, as by 

 doing that we keep our grass from getting killed. 



U. R. FISHEL, Hope, Ind. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. Colony house 8 by 24 with roosting room 8 by 12 

 and scratching shed 8 by 12. Double wall with curtain front. 

 A splendid house at little expense. 



A. 24. We use piano box colony house 5 by 10 feet, 

 made out of two piano boxes at cost of $7. 



A. 25. To be sure. 



A. 26. 5 by 10 feet, made of piano boxes. 



ARTHUR G. DUSTON, So. Framingham, Mass. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. A fairly substantial building is always needed 

 but all filagree is unnecessary and I would never bmld over a 

 50 foot building. I hke a double pitch roof, a door and window 

 in each pen to allow ample ventilation and all the sun possible. 

 , A. 24. I am using a colony coop 10 by 5 feet, shed roof, 

 but were I to build more, would make them 10 by 6 feet, as a 

 Uttle more depth is preferable even if the house was shortened 

 somewhat. 



A. 25. Yes, if yarded, but find that where used and 

 houses not far enough apart the different sizes will get mixed 

 and all kinds of trouble ensue. 



A. 26. Yes. 10 by 5 feet, 4 feet high in rear and 5 feet 

 front. One outside window let down for hght. Ten years with 

 this style of house has proven one of the best houses I have, 

 and has been copied by hundreds with entire satisfaction to 

 them. 



F. C. SHEPARD, Toledo, Ohio 



BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



Ar 23. Plain shed roof with dirt floor; drop curtain, 

 roost cover; muslin, doors and windows'. 

 A. 24. Same. 

 A. 25. Yes. 

 A. 26. Piano boxes with wire screens and muslin front. 



rooms in the center, and have our scratching sheds on each end. 

 We place our nests, roosts, water table and male bird cage in 

 the roosting room, and in the scratching shed we have our dust 

 box, dry mash hoppers, grits, etc. We have our houses 7 feet 

 high in front and 5 feet in rear with a two-foot projection in 

 front of house, so as to leave a dry place for chickens ahd at- 

 tendant. We have a 3 by 5 window ki our roosting room, aiid 

 a 3 by 7 open front in our scratching shed. We of course have 

 muslin curtains to let down over the open front during cold 



AUG. D. ARNOLD, Dillsburg, Pa. 



COLUMBIAN WTfANDOTTES 



A. 23. I prefer a house with open front for sununer and 

 muslin front for real cold weather; too warm housing is the 

 greatest cause of disease. Scratching sheds separate from the 

 roosting apartments are very desirably. 



A. 24. Houses with open fronts without robsts until 



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