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1 he board floor with a foundation 
makes a warm floor, but it is not durable 
over a perfectly tight foundation, which 
tends to induce rotting from the dampness 
of the soil beneath. To insure against this, 
openings should be left in either end of 
the foundation — openings about the size 
of a brick's end. In a long building, such 
openings should occur at intervals of ten 
feet. 
Such places are an invitation to rats, 
however, and should be securely protected 
by heavy, close-meshed, galvanized wire. 
The flooring must be so tight as to pre¬ 
vent drafts coming up through it. In the 
case of the board floor without a founda- 
The flooring must be perfectly tight to pre¬ 
vent drafts coming through it 
tion, the building rests upon posts and 
some poultrymen leave the space beneath 
open so that the air sweeps through be¬ 
neath it. Others board up the windside. 
Such buildings should never be boarded 
all the way around, however, as rats will 
burrow beneath or gnaw through, giving a 
great deal of trouble. 
A warm floor is secured by laying it 
double with an airtight interlining of roof¬ 
ing paper or similar substance. 
An earth floor or one of cement is cold 
and damp if lower or even level with the 
outside surface of the ground. It should 
be at least six inches higher, and to render 
it dry, a layer of stone several inches deep 
should be placed in beneath the six inches 
of earth. 
All floors must be cleaned frequently, 
fresh litter being placed in all scratching 
rooms, and sunlight be allowed to stream 
in upon them. 
Where an earth floor is used, fresh earth 
or ashes must take the place of that cleared 
away each day. M. R. Conover 
Freesia Bulbs 
Many people fail to get results with 
Freesia bulbs their second season. This is 
probably because the bulbs have not been 
properly taken up and stored. When the 
bulbs cease flowering watering should not 
be stopped at once, but the bulbs should 
be kept moist and the foliage allowed to 
mature, as it would if it were in its orig¬ 
inal natural state. Following this the 
bulbs will become dormant, but do not 
store them at once in a cool cellar. In¬ 
stead the pots that contain the bulbs in 
the now dried soil should be put in a moist, 
warm place where plenty of air and sun 
heat will thoroughly ripen them. 
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