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straw, but peat moss is fast gaining favor at 
present, where straw is not obtainable. With 
these few objections to guard against, let us 
next discuss just how we shall go about con¬ 
structing a poultry house that will overcome 
t^e faults mentioned. 
CHAPTER X. 
HOUSING POULTRY FOR PROFIT. 
In discussing plans for a modern poultry 
house,;let it be mentioned at the outset that 
this does not necessarily mean that our modern 
house will be expensive, any more than the one 
that is built on old ideas. In fact, many of 
the older houses were much more expensive 
than the modern houses of today. As long as 
the poultry building includes the necessary 
principles for the birds’ well-being, and this can 
be accomplished with little added expense, 
that is all that is necessary. 
In commenting upon the common faults of 
most poultry houses in the previous chapter, 
we found that they generally lack one, or all 
of such items as ventilation, dryness, sunlight, 
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adequate floor space,, protection from rats, 
