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Show Straw Loft Gaining in Favor for Henhouses One of the Interesting developments in poultry housing is the rapid progress prog-ress the straw loft poultry house has made within the last year or two. A great many of the poultry specialists special-ists have approved this type of house and It Is gaining In favor rapidly.. Almost Al-most any shape of house can be adapted to this type, the essential thing being to have an open celling or mow about CV to feet above the floor and have this covered with 12 to IS Inches of clean straw. It is nsual to have a tight floor above the roosts, with the straw loft above the rest of the floor. The covering of straw lets the foul air and moisture go. out slowly and escape through gratings or louvers in the ends of the attic above, while sufficient suf-ficient fresh air comes in through cracks and other parts of the straw loft, and thus a very satisfactory amount of ventilation is obtained and still the house kept a little wanner than the outdoor air. Users have observed ob-served that the straw loft house is warmer In winter and cooler in summer, sum-mer, than where It Is not used and those who tried It aie enthusiastic. |