132 PROPER VENTILATION 



The old method of building poultry houses was to 

 make them as air-tight as possible, and then to 

 obtain what was then called ventilation, various 

 forms of ventilators, some from the floor and 

 others from the top, were constructed, believing as 

 we did in those days that such contrivances would 

 do the work properly. These houses were also 

 heated, thus making the fowls as delicate as hot- 

 house plants. The up-to-date poultry man now has 

 discarded these old ideas, and no matter whether he 

 keeps poultry in Maine or Louisiana he uses the 

 open front poultry houses, and finds that his poultry 

 keeps much healthier, and does better than when the 

 air-tight houses were used. 



Fresh air poultry keeping has developed within 

 the last few years and it has experienced every 

 weather condition in all parts of this country, and in 

 no case has it proven anything but a big success. 

 It has diminished disease amongst poultry, and has 

 made the flocks more vigorous, thus helping to 

 make them more productive. Its introduction has 

 solved a perplexing question for the poultry raiser, 

 it is a boon to the industry and a great benefit to 

 our feathered tribe that is just beginning to be felt. 



An open front house can be cheaply constructed 

 and still answer the purpose for which it is intended. 

 It is not how much you put into a house, but how 

 you build it, construction is all, and means much 

 for the health of your flock. Ornamentations add 



