PROPER VENTILATION 135 



being housed too closely. Amateurs, as a ruie, when 

 they buy a fine specimen at a good price, are so 

 afraid something will happen to their valuable pur- 

 chase that they are afraid to expose the bird to- even 

 the least fresh air, and as a consequence the once 

 valuable show specimen deteriorates. Plenty of 

 fresh air will not hurt animal life, in fact, it is 

 absolutely necessary, and what is true of other ani- 

 mals is also true of poultry — fresh air, and plenty 

 of it, is the rule. 



