PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



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elevation of ideal farm poultry house. See cut of complete house on next page 



5. It is roomy. The floor space is adequate for the number 

 of fowls. Four square feet should be allowed for each hen. A 

 house 20x20 feet will accommodate 100 hens. A house 20x40 

 feet will accommodate 200 hens. Overcrowding does not favor 

 ^giT'Production. It is better to provide too much room than 

 too little. Sometimes a flock of ten hens in roomy quarters 

 will produce more eggs than a hundred in crowded conditions, 

 even though given like care otherwise. 



6. It is convenient. The nests, the feeding platform, the 

 water fount, and other devices are all so arranged as to save 

 labor for the attendant. The house will be accessible so as to 

 save labor in providing water, feed, and litter. 



7. It is vermin proof. The floor is of concrete to prevent 

 the entrance of rats, mink and other vermin. All nesting and 

 roosting places for spartows are closed, and all hiding and 

 breeding places for mites and lice are avoided as far as 

 possible. Nests and roosts are removable so that thev can be 

 taken outside and thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. 



8. It is inexpensive. A hollow tile wall would be ideal, 

 but ordinary tongue and groove siding will answer all 

 purposes. Paper roofing will serve many years if shingles 

 are too expensive. If it leaks from any cause, it should be 

 quickly repaired as a protection to^the flock and to the building. 



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