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protected from storm and wind you will not 

 be greatly troubled with disease or weakness. 

 Daily care, never slackening, is the price that 

 must be paid for success. 



The poultry house should be in a sunny spot, 

 on a hillside sloping to the south, if possible; 

 but no one need be kept from chicken raising 

 if such a spot cannot be had, for many successful 

 plants are not so well situated. A light sandy 

 soil offers the same advantages as a southern 

 slope. Such locations or soils are not only 

 much dryer but also much warmer, for the snow 

 melts and the frost leaves the ground earlier 

 in the spring than on northern slopes or in clay 

 soils. The advantage of this earlier season is 

 just as real as in a more southern latitude. 



One of the main defects of poultry houses has 

 been that they were built for people, rather than 

 for hens; being too high, they are not easily 

 kept warm in winter. The house itself should 

 be well built to exclude storm and wind, but 

 the southern side should be largely enclosed with 

 muslin, which is much better than glass, as it 

 affords an entrance for air without draughts, 

 and furnishes plenty of light. 



The roosting room may have a ceiling close 

 above the roosts; this can be made of round 

 poles or narrow boards, laid an inch or more 



