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SUCCESS WITH POULTRY 



' ' I<ow-Cost Practical Farmers' Ponltry House. 



rhe dimensions are 10x15 feet, giving a capacity of thirty to thirty-five fowls. A A, represents the windows; B B, the roosts, built on a lev- 

 el; C the droppings board; D, the feed trough; B B, the nests; F F, the feed and grit bins; H, the exit for fowls. The 

 house should face south or east. Have droppings board fifteen to eighteen inches high, and leave bpening on 

 the outside for fowls to pass under for shelter and dust bath, as shown in illustration. 



LOW-OOST, PRACTICAL FABMEB'S POULTRY HOUSE. pings board should be at least eighteen inches above the 

 — ground, so as to leave room enough for the fowls to move 



The house shown above on this page, taken with this 

 brief description, explains itself. The .reader will at once 

 see how the parts of the house are made, and this house 

 has . some good features. ' There is nothing complicated 

 about it, and it is such a house that the average farmer 

 would, find suited to his needs. We much prefer darkened 

 nests to these open ones, and all roosts for a poultry house 

 should be made movable, so that they can be taken out for 

 treatment with coal oil or some good lice killer. The drop- 



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about underneath it and enjoy the dusting places. Instead 

 of locating a window in both sides of the house it would 

 be better to locate one long window or two short windows 

 ir the south front of the house, presenting a solid wall 

 to the north and west winds. A board floor is not needed 

 in a poultry house, though it makes it easier to clean, and 

 where dampness prevails in the house a good tight floor 

 with an open space underneath will overcome the dampness. 

 Dampness in the' poultry house must be fought and over- 

 come at any cost. 



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Can be Built Complete for ¥50 to $76 and will Accomodate 20 to 40 Fowls. 



BOUBLE OPEN SHED POULTRY HOUSE. 



A Mr. H. W. Sinnock, living a neighbor of ours, wished 

 to put up a suitable, low-priced house several years ago, 

 and as a result of what the Writer has seen the country 

 over, the plan here illustrated and described was recom- 

 mended to him. At a cost of about $6.5 Mr. Sinnook now 

 owna a number one good house with yards attached, all 

 complete, built on the plan illustrated. 



It is wise to locate a poultry- hou89 on high ground, 



for dryness is essential to the health of fowls. If it is 

 necessary to scrape up a mound or ridge in order to keep 

 surface water from araining toward the house where it will 

 soak into it, do so, for it may be the price of .your success 

 with poultry. If the ground is 'flat it will answer to build 

 the house well up from the ground, then fill' in six to 

 twelve inches of cinders or gravel, (not' earth), and cover 

 this with six inches of fresh earth, which should be re- 

 newed twice a year, spring and fall. Changing this earth 

 and keeping it reasonably free from filth and bad odbrs 



