26 THE HOME POULTRY BOOK 



collected on the walls and made the houses damp. 

 No longer are houses built with double walls packed 

 with sawdust and with tightly closed windows filling 

 the front. Many poultrymen have gone so far as to 

 omit all glass, either substituting muslin curtains or 

 making their houses entirely open in front. 



The conservatively radical house, if the expres- 

 sion may be permitted, has much muslin and a little 

 glass, the latter admitting light on very stormy days 

 when it is advisable to have the muslin covered 

 frames closed, and also, if properly arranged, allow- 

 ing sunlight to strike directly on the floor at the 

 front of the pen early in the morning, something 

 quite desirable in cold weather, when the sun is slow 

 in rising. 



There is no better type of house, in the opinion 

 of many experts, than one which has a long hori- 

 zontal opening, the bottom of which is two feet 

 above the floor, with a window of glass under it or 

 a taller window at the end, placed upright and with 

 the bottom close to the floor. The long opening 

 should be fitted with a muslin-covered frame, which 

 may be hinged at the top and hooked up out of the 

 way when not in use. Of course the opening should 

 also be covered with poultry netting, and it is well 



