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as compared with one-story houses for the same number 

 of hens. It offers the same evils of congestion that the 

 continuous house does. If advantage of this style of house 

 is taken to house a considerable number of birds under one 

 roof it requires that greater attention be given the flocks 

 than is generally possible under general farm conditions. 



Two-story house. (Courtesy of Yesterlaid Egg Farms Company.) 



A successful two-story house sheltering one thousand 

 birds is shown in Fig. 166. This house runs from northeast 

 to southwest, so that at some time during clear days the sun 

 shines in every window. The attention necessary to properly 

 ventilate a house with windows on every side, so that the 

 birds will not be the victims of drafts, is more than can be 

 given on the farm where poultry is a side line. In this house 

 the birds are fed and have their scratching quarters on the 

 lower floor and the roosting quarters are above. 



Yards and Fences. — For profitable farm poultry production 

 there should be a minimum of yards. Insofar as is prac- 

 ticable, poultry should be fenced out rather than in. There 

 will be far better thrift if the hens are fenced out of the 

 garden and the door yard and allowed the range of the farm. 



