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SUCCESS WITH POULTRY 



temperature. In the far north it is a good plan to double- 

 glaze the windows, leaving a quarter or half-inch space 

 between the glass. The man who makes the sash for you 



can do this work. 



Tbe Yard Fences. 



The yard fences shown in the illustration are six feet 

 high, with a strand of fine wire four inches above the top 

 of wire netting. 9 four-foot fence is sufficient for 

 i>rahmas, Cochins, ijangshans or Indian Games. For the 

 tiymouth Roeks, Wyandottes and Houdans, provide a six- 

 foot fence; for Leghorns, Minorcas, Hamburg, etc., one 

 higher still, up to, well, say one hundred 

 feet. These flighty fowls will remain inside 

 a six or eight-foot fence, provided they 

 want to. It is largely a matter of their 

 being contented. If changed about from 

 yard to yard, they will fly over a barn 

 in their efforts to get back home. 



In building the fence do not provide a 

 top rail for the fowls to alight upon. Let 

 the upper paling that holds the netting 

 in position be six inches below the top of 

 the netting. Use posts that are long 

 enough to extend twelve inches above the 

 paling; weave a stout wire through the 

 upper mesh of netting and stretch tight 

 and fasten to posts to hold netting up- 

 right and in place. Then, if found neces- 

 sary, stretch a thin, thread-like wire be- 

 tween the posts some four inches above 

 the netting. If they do not see' the thin 

 wire it will throw them backward into the 

 yard when they try to alight- on top of 

 the netting, or fly the fence, aiming to 

 just clear the netting. « 



If a single house, instead of a double 

 one, with scratching shed, is desired, use 

 only one-half of the house shown in the 

 illustration. Gates should be conveniently 

 placed in the fences to save steps. One next to the house is 

 very handy, where two yards are used. If the housese are 

 continuous, gates between the runs are a necessity and a la- 

 bor-saver. If they have spring hinges all the better. Some- 

 times larger yards are connected with these small runs, in 

 which case it will be an advantage to place gates between 

 tne large and small yards, as they will enable one better to 

 change the fowls from pen to pen when necessary to do so 

 for amy purpose. 



following is the bill of lumber that is necessary to build 

 this house. 



rioorlng 



3 pieces 16' x 4"x%" 



2 " 6' X 4"x%" 

 1 " 3' X ^"x^** 



1 sash 12"xl4"— 4 light sash 

 rioorlng 



3 pieces 16' x 4"x>a" 

 Flooring 



6 pieces 12' X 4"x%" 



2 " 7' X 4"x%" 



2 " f,' X 4"x%" 

 i9 pieces 13' xlO"x%" 



3 " 16' X 4"x%" 

 l8 " 13' X 3"x%" 



142 feet 

 19 



5K " 



100 feet ■ 



16 " 



180 feet ■ 



Stays to nail to 32 " 



Stays to nail to 

 Door casing 



Stays to nail to 



Front 



Back 



Fnds 



Bamsldlng 



Stays to nail to 



Battens 



226 

 16 

 60 



feet 



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A (Boost and Droppings Board That Can Be Used to Good 

 Advantage in Any House. 



We herewith give you a little description of the above 

 roosts. This roost is 5x5 feet in size; see A, A, A, A. This 

 is hinged to the ceiling, and during the day (in the winter 

 time especially) is drawn up by means of a rope and pulley, 

 out of the way, thus giving the fowls the use of all the 

 floor apace in the house. The droppings board B, B, is loose 

 on the ground and can be set back against the wall, out of 

 the way, after the droppings have been removed. C, C, C, 

 represent the roosts which are made of 2x2 inch pieces (2x4 's 

 ripped in two), the two upper corners bfeing rounded off with 

 a plane or other tool. Sifting the droppings board each day 

 with road dust keeps in check all odors and causes the drop- 

 pings to find their way readily into the box at the bottom. 

 We like this scheme very much. In the winter time, when 

 the fowls are confined, they need all the floor space they are 

 likely to get. . Besides this arrangement is cheap and handy. 

 Make the box B, B only a trifle wider than the blade of an 

 ordinary shovel, and two moves or even one will clean it out. 



This illustration shows a good, but cheap poultry house, 

 12x16 feet, one that can be built very reasonable. The 

 height of the house in the back is 5 feet; the height in front, 

 7 feet, making a pitch of 8 feet, in the 13 foot drain, The 



The above roosts are adapted for any size or kind of 

 a house and can be lifted up out of the way during the 

 day and give the entire house room for the poultry to roam 

 or scratch and is cheap and is a good design. 



