Show f I 1 L pao INTERIOR OF CHICKEN HOUSE kind of floor most suitable depends greatly on soil on which structure Is located from the united states slates department ent of agriculture f the kind of floor which to Is ell ed for it particular poultry house tit ck bunds ay iy upon the soil OT on which it 11 la located and tile the uso of tile the house I 1 1 on light sandy well drained s soils atlist floor door la Is satisfactory factory especially for small or colony lien ll n houses ruch buch floors be 11 from two to six inches higher than UK flit outside ground surface and it Is advisable advis tible torener torr to renew now them rich year by removing the contaminated tamina ted surface down to clean soil boll anti to refill with fresh sand or gravel lilt and earth A board floor Is 13 gent generally rally its used where the level leidi of the floor in tile the house bouso Is from one to three feet above tho the ground surface find in ill portable houses on land which to Is riot not well drained hoard floors hinr and rot quickly find should be ri tilled some distance olt off he the ground tron nl so that cats or dors dogs can rot got under them which also allows it freo free cincu lation of to prevent nt the wood from rotting cement floors are to long pernin nent buildings brooder houses incubator cello cellers irs anti to nil all bernia erinn nent nept houses whore where nn an artificial noor floor Is required and can he be hullt built on tho the ground level these noora floors are bensy to clenn clean very sanitary rot proof and comparatively inexpensive if otic has a cheap supply of gravel or sharp sand wooden floors aro are us usually bially rondo made ot of matched flooring and ore generally gene rally doubled lit in coli cohl elli climates nates to make kiako them tight and in which case the lower losev layer of boards Is usually lilly laid dt to strengthen the floor floors of one thickness give good satisfaction in roost most sections of till this country and lit in growing g houses throe three falfar tor ter inch mesh ware wre may ho a used under wooden or dirt floors to keep ou in making concrete or cement floora and walls walla select portland cement of known reputation should i bo be kept in n dry place use clear coarse sharp sand band or gravel holcli does not contain over five per cent of clay oy or silt tit rind crushed kono tone or gravel m t fourth to two inches in diameter tho the gravel should bo be screened through n one fourth baesl wire screen ani and lle lie coarse particles used as stone while title tho material passes through tho the io a sifted through gli h BE mp 0 s A pi va w X I 1 17 AMR 1 n h oil ORIN ft I 1 I 1 A an A well arranged hen house 40 wre wire screen in order to sepa rate the stand anti and any mater material which goes through a 40 litash biesh wire Is thrown avay A mixing hoard with a smooth smootie ij surface tin and n box for measuring the sand band and gravel tire necessary spread tho the sund sand on oil the board find add the ce mix these thoroughly together adol add three fourths of tho the required ot of water and then tho the gravel or stone biotic mix thoroughly goly and iid n dd wa ter to the dry spots making the mixture just wet enough to tin lie thorough mixing Is very essential as naj tile tho mortar a should 11 completely coat till nil particles of tho mixture only enough water should he bd lidded added so that when tile tho concrete Is tain poll on oil laying the wit water ter will nicely hush flush tile surface |