SUCCESSFUL POULTRY KEEPING 



GEO. A. BARROWS, Groton, N. Y. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 



A. 23. I prefer a double wall house 16 by 40, with a 

 straw loft, divided into pens 10 by 16 feet with roosts and nests 

 along the inside partitions of the house. 



A. 24. I prefer a shed roof house 6 feet by 8 feet in size 

 and 5 feet high on the back and 7 feet on the front. These 

 houses are built on runners so that I can draw them anywhete 

 I wish. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. Answered in 24. 



H. H. FIKE, LiJbertyville, 111. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. House facing north, size 6 by 8 with floor, window 

 on south, door on north, also 6 by IJ feet ventilator on north; 

 with board flap to prevent rain from beating in. 



J. L. JEFFERSON, Des Plaines, 111. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. A well-built house with upper half of window 

 sash made on a frame to raise and lower, and if you have single 

 comb birds use a hooded roost. 



A. 24. Single boarded colony house that can be well 

 ventilated below the roosts. A house with no sides, nothing 

 but roof, makes the best house for the warm months. 



A. 25. I use the colony house entirely, placing a brooder 

 in each house; when the chicks are old enough the brooder is 

 removed, and the chicks have the house. 



A. 26. A house about 6 by 8 with a large window in 

 south, that can be removed later on and wire netting used. 



D. F. PALMER & SON, YorkviUe, 111. 



BARXED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



About 14 by 40 feet, with five yards to the house., 



A house about 6 by 10 feet. 



Yes. 



A house 6 by 10 and one 8 by 12. 



rooms together, thus adding a great deal of natural heat in cold 

 weather and plenty of cool fresh air and warm sunshine in 

 scratching sheds, where fowls can work and scratch in perfect 

 contentment, thus being healthy and vigorous in every respect. 



A. 24. About the same as above, but plenty of room for 

 growth and exercise; perches and droppings boards built low and 

 roomy. Lots of sunshine and good care. Window close to 

 floor. 



A. 25. Yefe, by all means, I think it the only proper 

 method for market or fancy. 



A. 26. I have them different sizes, mostly about 4 or 

 5 feet wide, 6 or 8 feet long, some larger; large window close to 

 floor on south side to slide back for good fresh air, and door on 

 either end, never on north side. Built on runners to move to 

 ■any part of farm. 



MRS. H. W. HAND, White Hall, 111. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. The open front, scratching shed type, with roost- 

 ing room in re3.r. This house should front south, have all walls 

 but front of solid air tight construction, roof sloping to north, 

 low pitch, air tight. Front should have a door and one or two 

 large windows, the latter guarded by poultry netting and on the 

 inside provided with a musUn drop curtain for bad weather. 

 In cold climates the roosting room should be double walled, and 

 have an extra muslin drop curtain in front of roost to be used 

 on very cold nights. 



A. 24. The same. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. Houses 4 by 8 feet, 3 feet high in rear and 4 feet 

 high in front, with a window and door in front, and set up on 

 legs eighteen inches high, so as to make a shelter from sun and 

 rain. 



HARMON BRADSHAW, Lebanon, Ind. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 



A. 23. 16 feet wide and long, 4 foot hallway down one 

 side. Divide in pens 12 by 12 feet with yard for each pen. 



A. 24. Have brooder house same plan as above. When 

 old enough to leave brooder put out in colony houses. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. Boarded up on three sides, with J-jnch mesh 

 wire on the other. This gives plenty of air and keeps rats, 

 etc., out. 



GUS. L. HAINLINE, Lamar, Missouri 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A, 23. Continuous house and scratching shed plan on 

 account of ease of caring for them; want double yards to each 

 house. 



A. 24. A colony house in which I can put a brooder with 

 50 chicks and let them grow up in it; and if necessary spend the 

 winter in it. Two piano boxes back to back, covered with 

 rubber roofing, on 2 by 4 for skids makes a fine house. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. Two piano boxes back to back; also house 10 by 

 10 by 7 feet high (built for adult stock). 



WM. H. ROBINSON, La Fayette, Ind. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS AND WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. I prefer the long and open scratching shed house 

 with ctirtains to let down in stormy weather, and two roosting 



C. L. PENCYL, Bloomsburg, Pa. 



BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS , 



A. 23. I would build it with windows facing south, also 

 door the same place, all sides and rear end closed; ventilate all 

 from front towards south. Keep windows open as long as 

 possible in the fall; never close them tight. Build size to suit 

 taste, but never too high if you want a warm pen; would build 

 with dead air space sides and rear, paper between weather 

 boards and sheathing. 



A. 25. Yes, I do. 



J. M. WILLIAMS, No. Adams, Mich. 



S. C. AND R. C. BUFF ORPINGTONS 



A. 23. Open scratching shed for feeding, with a warm 

 roosting place for nights; same has been demonstrated time and 

 time again in the poultry magazines. 



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