VtMTHE POUHTRY PliAKT 



biikJs'.'a^e nbarly grown; t'heie hoBses so arranged thAt when signs 

 of cold rains in the fall are apparent the chicks can be' kepi 

 inside llill'thife rains- are over; ' ■• > '' ■ " '"i . 

 i ; t:A: '2'5i" 1 Ifcvor it, butdonot useit as moit of my birds'are 

 raised on farms. '', ■ 



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: ■ .GARDNER ;& DUNNING, Auburn, N. Y. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. Colony houses large enough for one dozen fowls. 



A. 24. Colony house large enough for 25 half-grown 

 chicks. 



A. 25^' Yes. ■■ '• - - ' " ' 



A. ,26. For young. ?tock house 5 by 8 feet, wire front in 

 which muslin curtains can be usediin cold weather. 



" : "A: OBERNDORF, Centralia, Kansas 



S, C, WHITE LEGHORNS AND BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



'A. ' 23: thie open shed. 



A. 24. Colony houses 3i by 6J feet floor' space, 2 feet 

 high in back, 3 feet high in front, well ventilatted. 

 1.''25. Yes. 

 A. 26. Answered in 24. 



E. B. THOMPSON, Amenia, N. Y. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. Long houses with alleyway are most convenient 

 and my choice. Small houses for a; breedmg pen do well placed 

 in a large yard. 



A. 24. I use colony houses till birds are put in large 

 winter quarters. , 



i'.'_ 25. Yes. 



4. 26. Single house. 



MRS. TILLA LEACH, Cheneyville, 111. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. The "Hunter Scratching Shed House" with door 

 between roosting room and shed always open. 



A. 24. Open front roosting coops about 4 by 6 feet. 



GEO. H. BIE, Racine, Wis. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 25. Yes, I favor the colony plan. 

 A. 26. My colony houses are 6, by 6 floor space, 5 feet 

 high in front, 3 feet in rear, with double doors in front. 



ROSEDALE POULTRY FARM CO., 

 Greenwood, Mass. 



whitS wyandottes 



A. 23. Portable houses 6 feet front by 8 feet side on 

 ground, 6 J feet high at the front with one door opening into 

 yard, and window with small burlap frame above window for 

 ventilation during cold weather; 4i feet high at back. Door 

 and, window- Open at all times, except extremely cold or stormy 

 weather. Lohg. laying houses 10 by 10 sections, 6i feet at 

 fjronti 4^ (feet at back.- One window ajid one door in front 

 opening into yard, ventilated with burlap frame as above. 



A. 24. Portable houses as above described. '' 



■ A. 26; Yes.' 



■ A. 26. Portable houses as previously described. 



FRANK D. HAM, Livingstone, N. Y. 



barred PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. Long house divided into pens 10 by 10 with alley 

 on north side and a good sized window on south side of each pen. 

 4- ?4. Small ^ouse to. liold, 50 t(^75. birds, 



4. 25. ires. "'' 



* W. S. HARRIS, Mansfield, Mass. 



) RHODE ISLAND REDS 



4. 23. If he has^only a few acres, long houses. 

 4. 24. Houses about 10 feet square. 

 4. 25. I prefer it when one has plenty of land. 

 4. 26. I have some 8 by 8; most of my houses are of 

 the long type. 



WM. BYWATERS, Camden Point, Mo. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



4. 24. I kefep Uttle chicks in brood coops till they out- 

 grow them, then they are placed in colony houses of any con- 

 venient pattern till sold for breeders or moved into winter 

 quarters. 

 • 4. 25. I do. 



C. H. WELLES, Stratford, Conn. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



4. 23. I like the houses with cloth or curtain front facing 

 the south. These are the best ventilated and birds do the 

 best in these houses with more even temperature. The cloth 

 front allows the moisture to escape, keeping the house dry at 

 all times and more birds can be housed in a building of this kind. 



4. 24. I would use same as above. 



4. 25 I don't favor a small house; birds need to be active 

 and have plenty of room to work in. 



4. 26. Am using small colony houses now. 



J. C. MACOMBER, Reading, Mass. 



PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES AND BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



4. 23. My breeding- house is 165 feet long, 12 feet wide, 

 containing 18 pens. These pens are 8 by 12. The back of the 

 house is 5 feet high and the front 7 feet with a window and a 

 door in each pen, the door opening into the yard. There is also 

 a door from one pen to the other following right up through 

 the hovise. There is no floor in the house, but sand is kept to 

 the depth of 6 to 8 inches with straw and hay above this. Each 

 pen is boarded up tight, so that there will be no draft as is the 

 case with wire partitions in a long house. The droppings boards 

 are 18 inches from the top of the sand and the roosts far enough 

 apart so that it is impossible for the birds to rub their tails 

 and wear them out against the back of the house, or against 

 each other. 



4. 24. After taking the young stock out of the brooder 

 house, they are put in colony houses, 6 feet wide, 8 feet long, 

 4 feet high in the back and 6 feet in front. No floor excepting 



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