POULTRY HOUSES RECOMMENDED 51 
closed. These curtain windows are 9x3% 
feet. One of them is made in two sections, 
in each 40 feet of the house, covered with 
light duck or bed ticking. These windows 
swing in and up to the ceiling. They are 
kept open during the day and closed at night, 
air passing through the duck when shut 
down, giving the necessary ventilation. 
Poultry netting is tacked on the outside over 
the openings to prevent the birds flying out. 
When these curtain windows are raised dur- 
ing the day you have really an open air house 
and the sunlight reaches nearly every part 
if the house is built facing the south. 
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Floor plan of same 47 foot section. Platform 
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A roosting and dropping board is built 
along the rear of the house 3 feet from the 
floor, 6 feet wide, made of T. G. boards run- 
ning across, the way the hoe will move when 
cleaning. Five roosts, set 9 inches up from 
the board on .2x4 legs, run lengthwise of the 
dropping board. For very cold nights I have 
