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OPEN-AIR POULTRY HOUSES 



sliine in rear ])ait of house. I can think of nothing which would 

 add to tlie vahie, comfort and convenience of this, the very latest 

 and best plan yet offered. It would serve admirably as a con- 

 tinuous house. * * * These houses are no experiment. They 

 have been thoroughly tested alongside of curtain-front and closed 

 houses by a large number of our leading breeders and most of 

 the agricultural experiment stations and have proved their worth 

 by the egg yield, better fertility and general health of the flocks." 



DE. P. T. WOODS' IMPEOVED OPEN-AIB POULTEY HOUSE. 

 Fig. 11. — Front view of completed house, showing south front and west 

 side ready for painting. Holes are to be cut in boarded part of each side 

 of front end for poultry doors. Wire front is shown in place. Owing to 

 rapid development of the White Eock chicks it was necessary to move 

 them into this house before it was finished. (Photo by Dr. Woods.) 



Sidney S. Morris, Berw3-n, Pa., says : "I consider a house of 

 this type perfect and shall never build any other kind." 



Frank W. Floyd, Birmingham, Mich., built a number of Woods' 

 houses, set them up on posts, made rat proof with inverted metal 

 pars on top of posts, provided doul)le board floors for houses and 

 likes this style of building, very much. He has also built a long 

 house of same type. 



