The Henyard 
Construction of Henhouse 
I oni contemplating building a suitable 
henhouse on n vacant lot which is 50x230 
ft, IIow many Leghorn chickens could 
be properly and profitably cared for on 
the ground space mentioned? What size 
coop would yon erect, us well as the style 
and dimensions; that is. the height in 
front, and rear, as 1 had in mind a build* 
ing either Hi or 22 ft. wide by 50 ft. 
long, having it 0 ft. high in the rear and 
8 It.. in front, same to face the south. 
The material to be used is 0-in. flooring, 
the better lumber to be used for the sides, 
and that having knotholes to he used for 
sheathing. After the building had stood 
for three or four months, then to apply a 
waterproof paper around entire building 
on outside. 1 figured on having four sec¬ 
tions (if a coop 50 ft. long was erected), 
each section to he 12 ft. wide and either 
10 or 21 ft. loug. a wooden partition to 
he erected between the second and third 
sections to prevent drafts, while wire por¬ 
tions would be used between first and sec¬ 
ond and third and fourth sections. _ What 
is rather difficult for me to decide is how 
much glass io use in front, as I wish to 
give them plenty of light and ventilation. 
Youngstown. O. w. F. P. 
It would he difficult to fix a limit to 
the number of fowls that might, he kept 
upon a lot 50x230 ft. in size, or a little 
less than one-fourih of an acre. Laying 
hens may be confined in roomy houses 
having little or no outdoor run, and yet 
do well, and it is really surprising how 
many chickens can he raised upon a very 
limited space if skilfully cared for. It is 
hardly wise, however, to attempt to ap¬ 
proach the upward limit in this matter 
unless one is a poultry man of experience 
who knows how to avoid the dangers of 
very intensive poultry culture, 5 our 
proposed building, 50x22 ft. in size, would 
accommodate from 200 to 300 fowls, and 
hens. Hvery hen man said it was the 
heus doing it, and it was February this 
year before I was absolutely sure it was 
rats. J. Q. a. 
Massachusetts. 
Here is the treatment outlined by 
Wright, for an aggravated case of vent, 
gleet. I shouldn't use it, for I haven’t a 
hen that is worth going to that trouble 
to treat, especially when you consider 
that vent, gleet is transmissible to other 
birds in the dock, that it is a particularly 
nasty disease, and affects directly a part 
of the egg-making tract. Here is the 
treatment: Give a half teaspoonful of 
Epsom salts. Twice daily inject a four 
l>er cent solution of cocaine, and follow 
a few minutes after with a solution of 
nitrate of silver, four grains to tlie ounce. 
The fifth day give a small copaiba cap- 
sole daily, and inject acetate of lead, one 
dram to the pint. Dust sore places out¬ 
side with iodoform or aristol. If not 
well after two or three weeks, kill the 
bird. The cocaine is used to anesthetize 
the parts so that a strong solution of 
nitrate of silver can be used, but if the 
solution of acetate of lead recommended 
is not sufficient for a cure. I should not, 
attempt the more radical treatment de¬ 
scribed. and, in any event, I think the 
last measure suggested should probably 
be used first 
The muscular structure of th,v crop 
has lost its elasticity through over-disten¬ 
sion, and will probably never regain its 
tone. Keep the bird as long as she proves 
profitable, but don’t get her into a habit 
of having a surgical Operation performed. 
Her eggs are not affected. 
I am sorry to know that there are rats 
as ferocious as those you describe, but 
your account is interesting, and carries 
its own moral. M. b. d. 
nouse improves sanitation— sgjjgSSfl - • sal 
checks vermin, bars out rats BH 
and minks. Your hens, in such a jj ;, \y . WM 
fine home, will produce more eggs. 
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ing, one thickness, and we are thinking of 
ceiling the sides and roofs and ends. Will 
this make the house any warmer. 2. \Vc 
are thinking of building a liou.se of the 
hollow glazed tile block, 8 in. thick and 
four dead air spaces. How will this 
answer for a henhouse? Will this be sat¬ 
isfactory? J. p. G. 
Versailles, O. 
1. With the modern open-front type of 
poultry house, there seems to be little oc¬ 
casion for using a double wall with en¬ 
closed air space. Windows are kept open 
in coldest weather and there is no at¬ 
tempt made to keep the interior of the 
building any warmer than the exclusion 
of drafts accomplishes. All walls, except 
the front, should he airtight, outside air 
being admitted only through window 
openings and ventilators in front. This 
protects the fowls from drafts, ami their 
feathers protect them from simple low 
temperatures. A poultry building may 
be as cold inside as the weather is out¬ 
side, without barm to the occupants, if 
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