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night, will be harmful to the fowls, but there is 

 little experience to support such a theory. The 

 comfort and pleasure fowls get in a simny, warm 

 house during the day is clear to any one who knows 

 hens. It is a distinct factor in the winter egg total. 



In setting these windows, no special care need 

 be taken to make them tight around the edges. 

 A crack here and there wiU admit no more air than 

 is needed. A crack" in the back of the house is a 

 serious defect, but the front may admit air without 

 harm. 



Fresh air is as necessary for hens as it is for us, 

 though with twenty-five hens in a house ten-by- 

 twelve, kept clean, we may shut the doors and 

 windows cold nights and blustery days without 

 fear of harm. It is wise, however, to plan in some 

 definite way for ventilation which shall be con- 

 stant, and this may be done by leaving small 

 windows, as shown in the illustration, above the 

 regular windows, and cover them with muslin. 

 These are merely square or oblong openings, 

 framed about with scantling. Such windows pro- 

 vide adequate ventilation during those days and 

 nights when storms and heavy weather make it 

 necessary to close doors and windows, but when it 



