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open-front houses in severe cold climates. Following is quoted from 

 the report : 



"In place of the curtain-front houses we find the open-front 

 houses giving better satisfaction. Considering the climatic condi- 

 tions of this Province, the open-front house is deemed most ad- 

 visable. 



"What the curtain-front house was to^the closed house, so the 

 modern 'fresh-air' house is to the curtain-front house. The ad- 

 vantages of this house over the curtain-front house are many. It 

 is less expensive and less labor is required in tending the flocks. 

 A larger supply of pure air is supplied to the fowls at all times, thus 

 keeping the birds in better health, with an increase in the fertility 

 of the eggs and a larger egg yield. 



"The birds are protected at all times from draughts by the tight 

 back, sides and roof. Only one side of the house being open, cold 

 winds do not penetrate the house. The fowls are more comfortable 

 all of the time and seem to enjoy the greater abundance of fresh 

 air than is supplied by the old closed house or when the air is 

 diffused through a curtain. 



"In brief, a cheaply built house with an open front, will give 

 eqrially as good results as. if not better than, a more expensive or 

 warmer house. Not onlv will poultry lay more eggs if the house is 

 supplied with plenty of fresh air, but the hatchability of the eggs 

 from such houses will be greater, and a stronger and more thrifty 

 brood of chickens will be the result." 



