Show House for Laying Flock Needs Careful Attention One of ot the first steps In an Improved Improved improved im Im- proved system of ot poultry management management manage manage- ment is to provide satisfactory quarters for or the laying flock lock A A. recent recent recent re re- cent survey In tl the corn belt area says the Missouri Farmer showed that the average poultry house was built In 1012 1912 and that a very small portion less than one-fifth one possessed possessed pos pOSe the simple features so necessary necessary sary in a poultry house In order for forIt forIt or It to be satisfactory The avem average e farm was attempting to house GOper GO CO COper GOper per cent more hens than the quarters quarters quarters would accommodate Less than third one-third of or the farm poultry houses had adequate ventilation and about on sixth one were provided with feed hoppers and dropping platforms In over half halt the houses the tho fronts possessed no windows or other openings Under such conditions ItIs it itis itis is no wonder that poultry falls to produce and return the tho profit one has bas a right to expect Usually the extra production when poultry Is ia properly housed pays liberal dividends dividends divi divi- on the e extra tra Investment aswell as aswell aswell well as paying for tor the house itself |