PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



Location 



The selection of a site for the poultry house is of prime 

 importance. This should be on the highest, best drained 

 ground, not too far from the farm residence. Such a location 

 may be exposed to driving winds and rain and snow, but it is 

 easier to build windbreaks than to drain low ground. A sandy 

 loam or porous soil with gravel subsoil is the most desirable 

 for poultry, for it eliminates stagnant pools of water which 

 generally prove a menace to the flock. A clay soil is to be 

 shunned, if possible. 



If a suitable soil cannot be obtained, a few loads of gravel 

 or cinders around the building will help matters. A site 

 adjacent to the orchard is ideal, for it furnishes a place of 

 forage for the flock, the trees furnish shade in the heat of 

 summer, and fowls contribute their help by destroying harmful 

 insects. If the ground slopes in all directions from the house, 

 good drainage is insured. If the building is on a side hill, some 

 provision must be made for drainage on the high side or else 

 the floor of the house should be raised so as to be above the 

 surrounding ground. 



This is the way the farm poultry house built from plans on preceding pages looks when 



completed 



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