Show tr 00 0 W OPEN FRONT POULTRY HOUSE so constructed that air Is constantly changing leaving it always pure and hens comfortable up to the present time all bull building dinh of poultry houses at ind in cornec tion with mith firm hii has been with a view only to economy eco nomi shot the convenience ot of the keeper ind and the comfort ot of the fowls the tha aim his has been to keep the cost ot of con st ruction don doin so that the average farmer who iio wishes to adopt our plans mill mil find them easily NN within athin his means e have haie introduced no fancy or corn devices which consume time and so easily get out of older we hive soll ht to locate doors v N windows and in such places as i ill h b convenient in doing the moil and to insure such protection and comfort to the fowls as h ill promote their best endeavors in the line of liying eggs sis says the minnesota farmers library in all of our hou bouses cs the so billed r open front 1 la adopted thit that is a fiant a large portion of whose irei area iq only by b a thin ehret of raus lin in ird ard b by windows which man mai be opened or do CIO pd to suit the wf cather the aim ins has been to male make the wall perfectly perfect tight except in front we then hive have the ime principle in nen ea illation by b try trens ing to create a draft in a bottle by b alov bloing ing into it the inner and rid outer pressure of the air in the bottle equal each other and what air is forced in ill mut mu t come out through the same opening just so with the 4 13 A V at wv arc detail of cross section of tile house chicken pen what change in the air takes place Is made but the change is constantly constin tb going on so that the air is alais pure while the tern teni pera ture remains comfortable to the liens hen here is ib the tha answer to the ques tion usually the first one asked by i visitors are arc these houses warm arm enough in winter foils do not have hare to be kept warm in N winter inter in or der that they may li lay eggs regularly regular the animals of the warm arm southern souther climates allm its are not so thrift and igor algor ous as those of the north this is equally true with nith poultry therefore imitating that unsurpassed pattern maker matuie me give the birds all the benefits of winters minters exhilarating atmosphere in our poultry houses the niter mater freezes and must be chang ed twice a day da the floors of our houses are of ce ment laid on a bed of cinders which pree pre enta nth mater from coming up A thin lajer of sand underlies under lieb the on ders which are spread three echea thick and axell ve tamped camped down oer these Is spread two ind a hilf half to tc three inches of 0 cement and liter a top coat hilf halt in inch thick Is added such i a cement floor will kill last longer Is rat ind bermin proof 1 Is the easiest to clem clean and with i I 1 good coiL cohering ring of litter it Is as comfortable is toy my for the folb too much gliss glass in i I 1 poultry house bouse is 13 objectionable as rendering the place too hot in summer an I 1 on bright day in winter minter and too cold it at night in winter inter ana an I 1 on cloudy days small lights ire are preferable to large ones because when nihon broken tha alil can be more cheaply v k tall n nir ir row ii window Is better than i broad one with the sime same gumbir of lights because it admits more and as lie sun move from cist cast to 0 o most iest its ras rais are distributed oner the floor in mi Illi lInter in inter the ris mys of the tha sun N il ill lie be thron bacic into the lie pen two and a half feet for eiers foot in howit of the mando glndon bior camall camp lL a bindon six feet high mill throw sunshine six 1 l tomps and i a half feet or 07 fifteen feet back into the building lean le an meat Is ben ecial A little loan lean meat is 11 or cr beneficial for stock duel 3 and should lie he mah alth the morning teed feed for mash gran elated moat melt or butcher b boll boil id cd and chopped up ansiN erb the puri osy ose the latter gacs ches equally as good re suits as the former and is consider aban cheaper green rood food should be agnen kii en li liberal berall to the ducks nhen hea they are arc kept in confinement those thoe at liberty being able to obtain sufficient for improving the flock there isn I 1 much chance for a farmer to m mile ll 11 e h his i h po ul tr 3 mo more r e prout f i ab able ie un until til h ho c g gets e ts th the e i dea 0 i it t of his 1 ls head that i I 1 male bird tor for improving his flock isn I 1 worth more mora than a common market rooster |