Show IDEAL CHICKEN HOUSE FOR FARM FLOCK P 7 6 n POT tt 7 rw A t egl tg alty afa t POULTRY HOUSE FINDS FAVOR IN KANSAS there tire are as many types of chicken houses as there are of poultry raisers ral sers and hut but few of these houses approach the alio ideal asserts N L harris super Inte of the poultry plant kansas agricultural college the ideal chicken house should bo be nt at least 20 feet long and 18 feet wide nays hays mr harris the height Fili should be such as will be convenient to the alio operator about nine feet in front and not less than four feet at tile the back with a house of these dimensions there will bo be no frozen combs even in severe winter weather frozen combs usually result from froin keeping 1 poultry in small houses where good ventilation Is it a difficult matter there Is tie no question that cement Is the best floor for poultry houses since such a floor Is sanitary proof imd and easily cosily cleaned tho the manner of 0 lighting and ventilating a poultry house la Is always fill por portana tant tit in tho the opinion ot of sir mr harris too much glass tit in a poultry house hildes the temperature tit in tho the lay day and penults rapid radiation nt at night tho the resulting wide variation of day arid night temperatures Is always injurious to the health ot 0 tio tile fowls probably ably tile best means of providing adequate light find and ventilation Is to have two in n the south ido ot of tho the building with it ciolli cur curtain between during stormy days while the curtain Is closed tho the windows will provide suin clent light and tho curtains will allow sufficient clent ventilation without peri permitting nitting drafts |