Show PRACTICAL POULTRY HOUSE One That Will Comfortably Accommodate Accommo-date About Fifty Hens A good comfortable house for the nens Is shown in the illustration it can bo built up to a certain extent any size desired or to accommodate comfortably from 25 to GO hens As suggested by the sketch it should face tho south or southeast and preferably occupy a wnim sunny lo atlon Tho front part should be five feet high the center eight feet and the rear four and onehalf feet aboveground above-ground The roosts should be in the back part leaving the front for A Comfortable Poultry House scratching floor with nests for laying arranged along the sides and in the corners A small door should open Into the yard at ono end but only In favorable weather need the fowls have access to this and then not until It has been well carpeted with straw or hay for to let hens onto the bare ground In cold weather will check their laying at once Such a house says Farm and Home Should have either a good board floor or one made of cement and bo constructed throughout through-out ot firstclass lumber Kept well painted It will then last almost a lifetime |