| Show POULTRY fA TS INSURE PROFITS FROM HEN FLOCK Protection From the Wintry Blasts Quite Important Insuring tile the poultry flock against wintry blasts will Insure the the profits to be received from the tha birds thIs winter Incomes from farm flocks d depend pend upon poultry housing conditions A good flock poorly housed Is almost certaIn to be less profitable than a poor flock sheltered In to an adequate building warns G T Klein e extension Kansas State Al Agricultural college The modern poultry house has fa- fa fa facilities duties dillies for the hens to scratch feed roost lay and exercise In the same room according to the poultry SIJe specialist cl nIl st One large well ventilated lighted well-lighted well clean sanitary room has replaced the separate roosting quarters quarters quarters scratching shed shell and la laying In house An up to house Is so com cony complete complete that hens heng are confined In them In September and are not given ghen range until the following spring KleIn says that the most satisfactory satisfactory tory house Is one 20 0 O feet In depth It should have about one fourth of the south ROuth side sille open and be tight ht on the theother theother theother other three sides fillIes except for wIndows In the east and west ends and under the droppings board on the north A Inch Inch IO-Inch layer of straw v as a ceiling gives protection to the birds by modi modifying the temperature In both winter and summer Such a ceIlIng keeps the theair aIr In the building free from damp damp- dampness dampness ness prevents accumulation of frost and keeps keens the litter dry |
