CONTENTS 



Chapter I — SUNLIGHT AND FRESH AIR 11 



Importance of pure open air both day and night for all domestic 

 poultry — Relation of sunlight and fresh air to health and vitality — 

 Nature's best aid in the prevention of diseases. 



Chapter II— WHY USE OPEN-FRONX HOUSES 17 



* A few more reasons why you should use open-front open-air houses for 



y the comfort and well being of your fowls, as well as for the better- 



ment of your profits. 



Chaptee III— hints and helps ON BUILDING 31 



tools and experience required — Materials — Suggestions for saving cost, 

 ]^^f floors, frame, eaves, shingles or roofing — Portable or permanent build- 



•'^ iugs — Foundations. 



Chaptek IV— location OF POULTRY HOUSES 39 



Land — How to face the building — Relation to surrounding country — 

 Prevailing winds and wind breaks — Continuous or colony buildings — 

 Yards. 



Chapter V— DR. P. T. WOODS' IMPROVED OPEN-AIR POULTRY HOUSE. 45 

 Photographic building plans showing actual construction — Dimensions 

 %' of buildings — Suggestions for building on colony or continuous plan — 



; , Building instructions and list of material required for house to Le 



boarded up and down. 



Chapter VI— ANOTHER PLAN FOR DR. WOODS' HOUSE 59 



Line drawings showing plans and detail of frame — House to be boarded 

 horizontally — List of material required. 



Chapter VII— THE GILLETTE OPEN-AIR HOUSE 67 



The house used in International Laying Competition — Description, 

 plans and list of material required. 



Chapter VIII— H. H. STODDARD'S OPEN-AIR CAGE ROOST 75 



A protected outdoor roost for fowls in warm or hot dry climates, where 

 no houses are needed — Diagrams showing two types of cage roosts — 

 Night quarters, which help solve the stickfast flea problem, and afford 

 greater comfort for fowls in tropical and semi-tropical climates — 

 Rain tight roof may be provided where frequent heavy rains prevail. 



Chapter IX— THE TOLMAN HOUSE 81 



Brief description and some views ol this pioneer among modern "fresh- 

 air" houses. 



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