26 POULTRY SECRETS REVEALED. 



Let us next consider a house that is used by tens of thousands, 

 of which not one per cent, is used properly. 



The Farm Poultry House. 



Any farmer can make money with his poultry. Every farmer 

 should do so. And of the several reasons why they do not, the first is 

 that the birds are improperly housed. 



It may be well enough to allow the young stock to roost in the 

 trees during the late summer months and early fall. But by October 

 the birds should be provided with proper quarters and taught to 

 occupy them. 



The average farmer neither knows nor cares anything about the 

 fancy. If he takes any interest in the subject — which he rarely does, 

 not knowing that poultry might pay better than all his crops com- 

 bined — but if interested at all, he merely wants birds that will give 

 him both eggs and meat. Usually his stock is a mess of mongrels. 

 His hens "steal their nests" and vermin steal the chicks. He matures 

 a tenth of what he might do. These find shelter as best they can — in 

 barns, under sheds — anywhere and everywhere, except where they 

 should be. Hardy? Of course. The few that survive must be hardy. 

 They are generally light in weight and their egg yield is lighter — the 

 price paid for such "hardiness." 



The farm poultry house may be built at very little expense. A 

 south or east side of a barn or other outbuilding makes an excellent 

 location provided of course that the ground is high and dry. Let the 

 house have a front slope, place the roosts at the rear, on a level, with 

 nests at the side. Be sure that the roof is tight and have a door at 

 the high side with one or more windows in the low front. A building 

 14 feet deep by 14 feet wide will accommodate about 40 birds ; and any 



