WHERE TO KEEP FOWLS 8l 



fowls. The average cost is $i6 to $20 per house com- ^ 

 plete. We have demonstrated that an inexpensive at- 

 tachment, to serve as a scratching shed, is a good in- 

 vestment. As to warmth, direct drafts are always to 

 be avoided, but we have never suffered from low tem- 

 peratures. We use tarred paper sometimes inside, 

 which is clean and healthy, but we never have been able 

 to discover specially favorable or improved results." 



The cheapest style is considered the most profit- 

 able. Built in this style there is no need of providing 

 for ventilation, as the air is admitted through numer- 

 ous cracks between the boards. The fowls are outside 

 almost every day in the year, as there is very little 

 snow. In summer, fresh salt breezes keep the air cool 

 and the fowls are vigorous and active the year around. 

 This style of house will do when the climate is not too 

 severe. 



