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advise nor plant because of its very unat¬ 
tractive foliage after the blooming period 
is over. This is a polyantha hybrid, and 
generally it is well to avoid these. 
Building the Poultry Quarters 
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best traditions — or superstitions — face 
this building to the south. The south 
front is full of windows reaching nearly 
to the floor, so that as much sun as possi¬ 
ble may fall upon the pen floor. A pas¬ 
sageway from which the pens are entered 
is placed at the north, and the north wall 
has few if any openings in it, so that it 
may afford perfect protection in winter. 
For a winter house only, this may do very 
well, but for the summer a more uncom¬ 
fortable building could scarcely be de¬ 
signed. There is no possibility of ven¬ 
tilating it, or of allowing a cooling draught 
of air to blow through it. As has been 
pointed out before, the important thing, 
in our climate at least, is to provide a cool 
building in summer. It is a simple matter 
to get heat in winter, but it is a very diffi¬ 
cult one to devise a building which will be 
cool on a warm day. A much better dis¬ 
position of the chicken house would be to 
run it north and south, as advocated for 
the cow barn, with large windows and 
doors on both sides and with chicken 
yards on each side. Then it would be pos¬ 
sible to retain one yard and plant it with 
suitable crops while the other one was in 
use. To have two chicken yards that are 
interchangeable is a great advantage, as 
the continual use of one causes it to be¬ 
come foul and infected with the germs 
that are harmful to chicken life. This 
plan, however, has one disadvantage, as it 
does away with the passageway behind the 
pens, although the only use of this is to 
allow the owner an easy inspection of his 
fowl. It is not at all necessary, however, 
for the care of the birds themselves, and 
apart from the owner’s comfort, this ad¬ 
ditional space had better be given over to 
the flock. What is of great importance 
for the chicken house is a dry location. 
Dampness must be avoided, not only in 
the building but out of it, and elevated and 
well drained ground for the site of the 
chicken house is of prime importance. 
In spite of the general use of concrete 
for the floor, this is not desirable except 
as a means of keeping out the rats. The 
floor of the pen itself is best of wood, 
elevated above the concrete floor, 18 in. 
or 2 ft. This gives a circulation of air 
beneath the pen and affords sufficient 
space to allow a dog to catch any rat seek¬ 
ing shelter there. Such floors are drier 
than any other type. 
All the doors in the pens and yards 
should be of the double-swing variety, the 
same hinge being used as that for a but¬ 
ler’s pantry door; this hinge permits the 
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