Houses for Hens 71 



On a farm near me is a bam twenty-five 

 by thirty feet, which has bteen used during the 

 past four years. It provides all essentials except 

 ample sunlight. Still, by leaving the doors wide 

 open during all sunny days, when the wind is not 

 too high, the hens get some sunUght through the 

 winter months during several hours of the day. 



Over a hundred White Leghorns have been 

 entertained here in one flock with excellent results. 

 In very cold spells they stop laying rather abruptly, 

 as they are somewhat exposed. They start up 

 again promptly, however, when the mercury rises 

 to normal winter standards, and have averaged 

 more than a hundred and sixty eggs a year. It is 

 fair to add that the flock kept in this bam has 

 paid during four years the cooperative bank dues 

 on a four-thousand-dollar farm. 



Many more pictures and suggestions for make- 

 shift poultry houses could be given, but such ad- 

 vice would not be helpful in the end. Of many 

 such buildings looked into, only one or two proved 

 really suitable for poultry. Since a building which 

 is suitable costs so little, is so easy to build, and 

 contributes so much to the pleasure and comfort of 

 both fowls and keeper, as well as to the eventual 



