SUCCESSFUL POULTRY KEEPING 



sand and no opening except the front. In the front are two 

 doors. Each one has a frame covered with cotton cloth. On 

 the outside over one of these doors is fine chicken wire so the 

 door may be left open nights while the larger door is closed. 

 During the day time, both doors are left open unless it is desired 

 to keep the chickens inside. ^ 



A. 25. I do. 



A. 26. Answered under 24. 



F. J. WEHRMEYER, Benton Harbor, Mich. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. Prefer a building (such as we use) which gives 

 plenty of fresh air, using curtain front and one in which the 

 attendant as well as owner must be among the birds while feed- 

 ing, etc. This accustoms them to being handled, etc., which 

 does not hurt them, and visitors or prospective buyers enjoy 

 being among them (rather than viewing them through bars or 

 netting); it affords everybody more pleasure. 



A. 24. Indoors until warm days and then out in any- 

 thing comfortable and under control of attendant in case of 

 bad weather. If incubator .hatched, then indoor brooders with 

 outdoor rmis until warm enough to place out in colony small 

 coops or houses. 



A. 25. Yes. , ■ 



A. 26. Not always what we'd hke to use. Our idea and 

 what we are aming to use is a large enough box or house on 

 runners moved from place to place and removable yard surround- 

 ing. We have some. Our other idea is to have permanent 

 building with double run so as to keep one green all the time. 

 This suits us. The main idea with us is to use something where 

 the stock can remain from beginning to maturity. 



DR. O. P. BENNETT, Mazon, 111. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. I prefer a plain south front house about 16 feet 

 wide and not over 72 feet long, lined with two-ply tarred felt. 



A. 24. The colony houses that can be moved about. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. A small house 8 by 10 feet where chicks can be 

 put with hen, and used afterwards for roosting coops. 



C. BRICAULT, M. D. V., Andover, Mass. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. A house of my own building called the new idea 

 poultry house, with large doors and "windows in the south front 

 of each pen. 



A. 24. Individual houses 6 feet by 8 feet, 6 feet high in 

 front, 3 feet in rear, with large door and window in south front. 

 These can be hauled anywhere on the farm, when wanted. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. Described in 24. 



J. H. DOANE, Gouverneur, N. Y. 



S. C. BLACK MINORCAS AND WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. The continuous house with long runs, a plenty of 

 shade on an elevated position. Would not have an alleyway, 

 unless houses were over 10 sections in length, (for cold climate) 



as there is just so much more room to be made and kept warm 

 by the birds. 



A. 24. The colony house by all means, set well apart 

 with shade in abundance if possible. A shady pasture is an 

 ideal spot for young stock. 



A. 25. As stated above, the colony plan can not be im- 

 proved upon. 



A. 26. A cheaply built house with tight sides except 

 facing south and an absolute water-proof roof. The piano box 

 style of house is ideal. 



FRANK McGRANN, Lancaster, Pa. 



S. C. BLACK MINORCAS, BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, WHITE 

 WYANDOTTES AND S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 



A. 23. Single house about 8 by 10 feet, 7 feet high in 

 front and 5 feet high in back. Such a house will accommodate 

 eight to fifteen birds according to the variety which one selects 

 to breed. 



A. 24. About the same style of house described in my 

 answer to question 23. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. One about 6 by 7 feet, 6 feet high in front and 

 4 feet high in ^ack. Use hover with lamp and remove when 

 chicks are about six to eight weeks old according to the season 

 of the year. 



W. D. HOLTERMAN, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. I prefer the house I now have. This house is 

 practically round (12 cornered) with yards radiating in the shape 

 of a wheel in all directions. The diameter is 45 feet. The feed- 

 room is in the center, 15 feet in diameter. Over the feed-room 

 is a dome which contains six windows for additional Ught and 

 ventilation. Every one of the twelve pens contains 120 square 

 feet of surface and each has one four-light window. Reasons: 

 Great saving in labor (feeding, watering, cleaning); more com- 

 pact in every way; all birds under a persons' eyes at once; in 

 extremely cold weather can be easily warmed by stove in the 

 center so that birds will not freeze their combs; appearance of 

 such a building is more artistic than the others. 



A. 24. Movable colony houses, each to house not more 

 than twenty-five head. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. The so-called piano-box house. 



H. E. BENEDICT, Horseheads, N. Y. 



BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. I prefer a house with an open shed facing the 

 south; house to have a floor, roosts with droppings boards, nests, 

 etc., shed to be filled in with cinder or gravel about a foot above 

 the surrounding ground. A drop curtain in front to keep out 

 snow when the wind is in south; put in a foot of straw and change 

 if it gets damp. 



A. 24. Colony houses until large enough to put in the 

 regular breeding houses. 



A.- 25. I do. 



A. 26. Most any kiijd will do until the cold storms, come 

 on in the fall. They want to be good enough to keep them out 

 of the rain and wind, and so you can shut them up nights if 

 you want to. 



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