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are liigli and dry. You can nse such laud if you have to, and 

 where fowls can run on high and dry land a part of the time there 

 are lots of worse ranges than a good salt marsh. 



The best location is a gentle southerly slope of light sandy loam, 

 not too light to take a good grass sod, and having a good coarse 

 sand or gravel sub-soil. If such a location is convenient for a water 

 supply and is sheltei'ed with evergreen trees on the north and west 

 it makes a very nearly ideal place for building a poultry plant. 

 Eolling land, with the hollows between the knolls or hills, well 



Spring Garden Poultry Farm, Frank W. Moyd, Prop., Birmingham, Mich. 



drained, makes a good location, but don't get the poultry houses in 

 the hollows. 



Get your poultry house in a place where water, from melting snow 

 and from heavy fall of rain, will always drain away from the build- 

 ing. You want the drip from the roof to run away from the house, 

 not under and into it. 



Facing the house is a matter that will depend some on the 

 particular location selected, its relation to the surroundings and 

 the climate in which the house is built. Wherever there is con- 

 siderable frosty or freezing weather in winter, place the house so 

 that it will get the most sunlight inside during the cold season. 



The prevailing wind storms for the particular section should 



