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few weeks and then marketed them, securing 
the top prices on the market. 
We have now discussed the most important 
items connected with the feeding of the birds 
for various purposes. Let us now examine the 
living quarters of the birds, and see if we can 
improve the housing conditions in which the 
birds live during the winter months. 
CHAPTER IX. 
COMMON FAULTS OF POULTRY HOUSES 
If you were to take a trip through the sur 
rounding country, with the intention of in¬ 
specting the living quarters of farm poultry, 
in general, you would discover some of the most 
wretched houses imaginable. All of our in¬ 
telligent feeding would be of little use if we 
penned our chickens up in a coop with little 
sunlight, poor ventilation, cold, damp floors, 
drafty sides, and foul, damp air. It doesn’t 
cost any more to build a poultry house with 
correct principles involved, than it does to 
build one that lacks these essential features. 
The birds care very little about the appearance 
of the house. They want fresh dry air, free- 
