1852 
THE CULTIVATOR 
207 
Fig, 
A Poultry House. 
TV'e tliink the following plan for a poultry-house, which 
we copy from the “ Westchester (Pa.) Register and 
Examiner,” will answer the purpose of one of our cor¬ 
respondents, who recently inquired for a design for a 
cheap and convenient henery. This may he cheaply 
built, and it appears to be well adapted for the purpose. 
This design embraces some new features with regard 
both to efficiency of purpose and economy of expendi¬ 
ture. A handy farmer with the necessary tools can erect 
one for himself. 
The building is designed to be 12 feet wide, 10 feet 
high in front, 4 feet high in the rear, and 50 long. The 
length may be greater or less, with reference to the num¬ 
ber of poultry to be accommodated. The above dimen¬ 
sions are large enough for 150 to 200 barn-door fowls. 
The materials for rear and ends may be frame, brick or 
stone. The south slope of an embankment will be a 
good location, as warmth is an important point to be 
gained. The best material for roof, is straw thatch; this 
is warm in winter and cool in summer. 
Fig. 1, represents the front view. A, A, A, A, are glass 
lights 8 by 10 inches; the dotted lines show where the 
edges of the glass meet each other. B,B,B, are boards 
three inches wide, nailed horizontally to upright posts, 
the upper edge being plowed to receive the lower end of 
the glass, and the lower edge rabetted to receive the up¬ 
per edge of the range of glass immediately below, which 
is secured by putty. This arrangement is original and 
saves the expense of sash. C,C, ventilators, may be 
made to slide in groves, or hung on hinges. D,D,D, 
doors: If the. length of the building does not exceed 
twenty or thirty feet, one of the large doors may be 
dispensed with. That portion of the front not composed 
of glass and doors to be weather-boarded. It will be 
better if the inside of all the walls are plastered. 
Fig. 2, represents an end view. C, ventilator, E, nest 
boxes, five feet long and two feet wide, entrance open at 
both ends, with a sloping lid hung on hinges for the pur- 
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pose of taking out eggs. Each box to be divided into 
five compartments, with an open passage next to the wall, 
the whole length. These boxes to be placed against the 
front wall, immediately below the glass; also across each 
end. F, represents the ends of the roosting poles, four 
ranges of which, to run the whole length of the building. 
These poles should be 16 inches apart. 
The space between the nest boxes and roosting poles is 
intended as a winter pvomenade and for feedigg and wa¬ 
tering troughs. The object to be obtained by so much 
glass, in front, is warmth by the sun in winter. A good 
sized yard should be attached for an out-door range in 
fair weather. 
Raising Turkies. 
Messrs. Editors —The means of quick and easy 
transportation by railroad, of late years, has made it of 
some consequence for farmers to pay more attention to 
their poultry. I think the breed of fowls is of as much 
importance to farmers, in proportion to their value, as 
the breed of cattle, sheep, &c.; but as the subject has been 
pretty well used up of late, I will merely say a few words 
about turkies; (don’t try to raise them if you are a large 
farmer, for you can’t do it.) I have raised a large num¬ 
ber annually, for many years, and find that the common 
opinion, that turkey chickens are more tender than the 
chickens of barn-door fowls is a mistake—that is, when 
properly bred, save that from their half wild, roving dis¬ 
position, they are liable to more casualties. 
I am at some pains to change my gobblers often; a lit¬ 
tle close breeding will do, if you wish to fix a particular 
color, but it must not be carried too far, as this is the cause 
of much of the poor luck to which young turkies are liable. 
I set the first laying of eggs under dung-hill fowls. Af¬ 
ter hatching, if early in the season, the old one should 
be cooped for a couple of weeks; feeding often with 
milk, sweet or sour, mixed with middlings, or corn 
meal—don’t be afraid to use plenty of meal, for a chick 
that is worth raising can’t be killed by it. After getting 
to be a few weeks old, they will get most of their living 
in the fields, on insects, &c. Still they should be fed 
daily, as this, besides making them tame, will prevent 
their doing damage to growing crops. I sell in fall to 
poultry dealers, and as you will see by subjoined account, 
with a small profit for care and trouble. 
For the year 1848 raised seventy turkies: . 
Turkies, Dr. To Indian meal and other feed,.$15 00 
Cr. By 55 turkies sold,.;. 25 00 
$10 00 
Ten dollars balance, with 15 turkies on hand. P. Sen- 
nett, N. F. 
