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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



"The third house is the warmest house of the four, and 

 is built of matched lumber and lined with paper. There is a 

 dead air space between the inside and outside walls. The 

 building is made as tight as possible, the windows, doors, 

 etc., all being made to fit tightly. Many houses built on this 

 plan are moist inside. To do away with the moisture we have 

 a straw loft. 



"The fourth house is one of the extremely airy ones, 

 being made up of boards that are dressed on one side and the 

 cracks battened. About half of the front is open to the 

 weather, but may be closed on stormy days by large doors. 

 There is not any special protection for the roosts. 



Fig. 144 



A shed with the end toward the south that was converted into a satis- 

 factory poultry-house by cutting a large opening. (Courtesy of Reliable 

 Poultry Journal.) 



"The following record shows in a. concise form the differ- 

 ence in the percentage of egg production in favor of the cold 

 or fresh-air house during the five years for the months of 

 December, January, February, and March, the first year 

 beginning December, 1904-'05, 76percent.; 1906, 8 per cent.; 

 1907, 11.8 per cent.; 1908, 15.6 per cent.; 1909, 12.4 per cent. 



"The house with the cloth front and the one with the 

 movable windows compare favorably with the cold house. 

 There is probably not enough difference in the actual egg 

 production to warrant a statement that either of these houses 

 is very much inferior to the cold house. They are about 



