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able, but an earth floor can never be kept as 
dry as a board one, and the chickens tear it 
to pieces so thoroughly that it is apt to be un- 
satisfactory. ‘The best floor for the poultry 
house is one of boards or of cement elevated at 
least a foot above the ground so as to be en- 
tirely free from dampness. The cement floor 
has the advantage of being easily cleansed and 
disinfected and having no cracks (if properly 
made) to harbor vermin and disease germs, 
but it is far colder in winter than a board 
floor, and, unless kept well covered with straw 
or other litter, is hard for the fowls to alight 
on when flying down from perches or nests. 
The walls of the house should be double, 
and where one is building, and need not con- 
sider expense too closely, a liberal use of tar 
paper or roofing will prove a wise precaution. 
This should be nailed directly to each side of 
the studding before the siding and lining is 
placed, and the paper should extend up on to 
the rafters and over on to the floor joists, thus 
shutting out any drafts of air at these impor- 
tant points. It will be money well expended if 
the floor studding is covered with the paper 
before the floor is laid, as this insures not only 
a warm, but also a dry floor. Smooth, 
matched boards take whitewash better and 
look far better than the paper when white- 
washed. Care should be used in applying the 
paper to lap it sufficiently, and if it is stuck 
together with tar or cement it will be still bet- 
ter, especially in lining the floor. 
And lastly the boarding on the outside 
should be carefully battened and all door and 
window frames carefully fitted, and the whole 
made sanitary by the installation of a practical 
ventilator, or the use of a movable sash of 
muslin which may be used when the weather ° 
prevents the opening of windows or doors for 
fresh air, for fresh air is one of the indispensa- 
ble conditions of a successful poultry house. 
The perches should occupy the warmest part 
of the house, but should be at one side or end, 
and as far from the windows as possible. Not 
much room is required for perches, one square 
foot of space being ample for each fowl. A 
platform of matched boards, not over eighteen 
inches high and three feet wide, should be 
erected to hold the perches, which should be 
made of light stuff, so that they can be easily 
taken down to clean and to examine for the 
presence of lice. Never erect stationary 
perches, or those that are hinged or in any way 
attached to the wall. If the perching place is 
long, make the perches in sections which can 
be easily handled. Eight inch fence boards 
will answer for the frame, and narrow strips 
of wood, two inches wide and slightly rounded 
on the edges, do for the perches; these should 
be placed a foot apart. The platform should 
be a few inches wider than the perches, to 
afford room to alight. The space under the 
perches may be utilized for nests, and a swing- 
ing platform, which will hold a number of 
nests and may be swung out to clean and 
inspect, will be found very convenient. 
Do not cumber up the floor space with use- 
less contrivances for holding all sorts of truck; 
loose, movable troughs to hold mash, which 
may be stood up against the wall out of the 
way, are necessary, and these should be ample 
enough to allow of the fowls feeding without 
crowding; a very good trough is made of two 
eight inch fence boards nailed together in “V” 
shape, the end board extending several inches 
above the top of the trough and having a 
strong wire drawn through the upper ends 
across the top of the trough; this prevents the 
hens getting into the trough; a piece of wood 
in the center of the trough will serve to brace 
it and afford a convenient handle to lift it 
with. 
At a convenient height for the hens to reach 
a rack may be placed along one wall to hold 
the oyster shells, grit, charcoal, and the like. 
Six square feet of floor space, exclusive of 
