THE POULTRY PLANT 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. We use a 3 feet by 6 feet slanting roof; plenty 

 of air, flat roosts, etc. 



OTTO O. WILD, Benton Harbor, Mich. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. Separate houses with scratching sheds attached, 

 of a capacity of 25 adult fowls or 60 growing chicks, increasing 

 or diminishing numbers as the exigency demands. 



A. 24. Am a convert to larger houses, more scratching 

 room, more open fronts and much more air. 



A. 25. Yes, after 2J to 3 lbs. have been reached. 



A 26. At present am using piano boxes covered with 

 roofing paper and supplied with door and screened window, but 

 shall work them over into "Tolman" houses. 



R. H. CRANDALL, Worth, Mich. 



S. C. AND R. C. WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS, WHITE WYANDOTTES, 

 PEKIN DUCKS, TOULOUSE GEESE AND DRONZE TURKEYS 



A. 23. Long, low roof house facing the south, two win- 

 dows to a pen and pens 17 by 20 feet inside and a 3-foot alley- 

 way on north side. 



A. 24. Colony houses for young stock. 



A. 25. The colony house plan is the nearest to nature 

 of any. i 



A. 26. We use 60 colony houses 5 by 6i feet, and 6 feet 

 high with a hip roof made of naatched lumber and covered with 

 tar paper, 12 by 24 window in one side and door in end. 



A. & E. TARBOX, Yorkville, 111. 



SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. We prefer house large enough for the brooder and 

 plenty of exercise room. 



S. J. McQUILLIANDE, W. Hartford, Conn. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. ^23. It depends altogether on the climate where the 

 man expects to locate. 



A. 24. I prefer trees for them after they are feathered 

 and keep them there until snow flies. 



C. H. WYCKOFF, Aurora, N. Y. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 



A. 23. Don't know how to answer this; there are hundreds 

 of good ones and many more bad ones. The poultry house that 

 affords the most Comfort to the fowls the year round, and is 

 at the same time most convenient for the owner to care for is 

 in my judgment the best house. 



A. 24. First, outdoor brooders, then colony houses for 

 balance of the summer. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. Those of the open front style with front covered 

 with hoods that permit opening or closing to any degree allowed 

 by the weather changes. 



IRVING F. RICE, Courtland, N. Y. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 



A. 23. House divided into pens, suitable for 15 females 

 and one male, with straw loft, cement floor, good ventilation 

 and hght, extra window frame covered with muslin to be sub- 

 stituted for glass windows during the greater part of the day. 

 This keeps the litter dry and affords better ventilation, hens 

 will stand a low temperature if kept dry, but dampness and cold 

 are fatal to profitable egg production and healthy breeders. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. 8 by 10 feet in size, 5 feet high in rear and 7 feet 

 high in front. 



F. W. RICHARDSON, HicksviUe. Ohio 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. Prefer colony houses with large yards for breed- 

 ing yards. 



A. 24. For young growing chicks prefer small houses 

 with plenty of ventilation, well scattered over farm. 



A. 25. Colony plan. 



A. 26 Use colony house about 4 by 8. 



ARTHUR G. BOUCK, Frankfort, N. Y. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. I am about to enlarge my plant and will build a 

 house on the shed roof style, as I beUeve this style as good as 

 any for yery cold climates. 



A. 24. I use the apex style of colony house, built on 

 runners. Floor space about 5^ by 8 feet and altitude 6 feet. 



J. T. THOMPSON, Hope, Ind. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS AND MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS 



A. 23. I prefer the colony house, with the open scratch- 

 ing shed attached. 



A. 24. I prefer the same kind of a house for my yoimg 

 stock. 



W. R. GRAVES, Springfield. Mass. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. A scratching shed front that can be closed at will 

 to suit weather conditions. 



A. 24. Same. 



A. 25. I do. 



A. 26. One that will give plenty of fresh air and if there 

 is not much shade raise from ground sufficiently to enaible the 

 chicks to get under for shade. 



