Show GOOD HOUSE FOR fon CHICKENS there la Is no need of elaborate structure but it should be dry and free from draughts 4 in describing what ho he deems aba best house for or chickens mr air glenn T of oswego county new york writes tho the farm and rome homo na ar follows mo 1 11 fron elevation and floor plan it if concrete is used ti it tho the construction ot at the foundation and floor it will mako make a tat and waterproof water proof floor that to Is sanitary and easily bailly cleaned tho the rest of at the hou e should bo be built 61 wood an aa tho the forms tor for concrete would cost nearly as much as tho the siding itself tho the frame Is anch material and the siding and roof boards of yellow pine surfaced both sides it if tho the sides are covered with rooting roofing paper it makes a tight and very warm house the roof should bo be covered with some good roofing laid according to directions so BO as to make it as tight as an possible shingles aire are not suitable for a building of this kind bind as the roof Is apt to bo be camp amp most of tho the time the curtain front house la Is the driest and most moat easily regulated in accordance with the weather it to Is cheaper to build la Is more easily cleaned and the floor space Is more fully utilized than in the scratching shed shad type this house should bo built tight so BO that the ventilation Is from froin the south therefore no drafts with the Pc ratch ing shed house tho the ro room ja Is almost always sure to bo be damp but by removing tho the partition this Is eliminated and hens hena are the lie result if any one doubts that a ock flock of lena hens stir up much dust just lot him stand on the front side of a dur cur tain front house when they are fed open tho the curtain und when he sees seea t tho 0 cloud of at dust they raise Ibal I 1 believe leve tie e will wil I 1 think owls fowls peed need more lauon r ili IL i build provides greater volume of sup light and has no peak to become filled with willi cobwebs cob weba the pens should bo be deep rather than long and shallow this places the sunlight on the floor instead afon of on the back wall Iber eforo a dried floor and happier liens the pens should bo be largo large enough to accommodate ZO CO liens hens aad two or more cooks cocks one 20 feet deep and 12 feet wide will furnish the required floor space the accompanying plans and front elevations and floor arrangement arran geine rit illustrate what I 1 think Is the beat house this contains pens feet the front being 8 feet and the bick back 6 5 feet high this Is as high as Is necessary to build and as low as Is easy to work in the front contains to each pen one double sash window with the upper sash hinged at the top this Is opened when too cold or stormy to raise the curtain A framo frame caf feet with the top hinged to swing in Is covered with muslin or cheesecloth on thi the outside of this opening Is tacked woven wire to keep the fowls fawls in while curtain Is in open during the day except during a hard storm and in very cold weather the platform under the roost la Is 21 feet from the floor and the nests are the same height being entered from the platform this nearly all the floor space available to the hens bens and every nook and corner Is cleine cleaned d with easo the boosts roosts are inch material rounded at the top par for a re side elevation mr berghs Hot hatfie fie bree breeding breedl dint nr house I 1 would mako make the tha pens 12 feet deep and 8 feet wide which would hold bold as many hens bens A as s aro I 1 re desired with one cock but for a laying ng house bouse the larger arger size to Is the better bett erand and more economical |