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TWENTY LESSONS ON POULTRY KEEPING 



number will be able to get along with the grain and scraps 

 they pick up, and will not require much extra food. If a 

 flock of this size is allowed free range, it can easily be accom- 

 modated in a house 16 X 20 feet, which will allow between 

 three and four square feet of tloor space to each fowl. 



Fig. 38. — Culun^' house. 



Though various materials are used in building poultry 

 houses, wood gives the best satisfaction. Concrete floors 

 are good, but concrete walls make the house too damp. 



The plans shown in Figures 3G and .37 are both prac- 

 tical. One is for a house with an open front which will 

 admit both air and light. The other has slat ventilators to 



