Show construction OF HEN HOUSE few practical suggestions that will be of much assistance to the poultry keeper by J 0 and C A wisconsin for success in poultry keeping it Is necessary to have a suitable house which will protect the fowls from inclement weather and from their natural enemies it must be remembered that from the standpoint of the hen appearance mates very little difference but the bouso must be so built and so arranged that it will be a comfortable place for the hens to live otherwise they will not thrive and production will not be satisfactory on many farms the hens are not provided with a house constructed especially tor them but are housed in an old building originally made tor some other purpose As a rule this sort of house Is not economical tor unless it Is constructed especially for hens it will seldom be found possible to reconstruct it in such a way as to make production possible poultry houses should be located where it Is dry and well drained it the ground Is not naturally dry it should be ditched and drained artificially tor poultry will sot thrive in a house when the floor Is constantly wet A damp location means a damp proper way to moke partition poultry house all the way through and the result la that the fowls are affected with many troublesome diseases houses should be placed so that they will not be subject to violent winds yet good air and drainage are essential A house should never be placed in a low damp spot chero early fall frosts are likely to occur these places are always cold and unhealthy for fowls one hundred hens will thrive in a pen feet that Is four square feet of floor per hen but one hen will not thrive in a pen feet in a large pen each one has a chance to wander about over the entire floor space thus getting more exercise generally speaking it Is far cheaper to build a wide bouse than a narrow one A house Is cheaper than a house and contains as much floor space for the hens A house 20 feet wide however will be found impracticable tor some types of roofs and will not be found satisfactory where one wishes to keep a number of small breeding pens there are several common types of roots used an poultry houses just which style of root should he chosen Is largely a matter oc personal preference but the type of root will be found to influence the cost of construction st to quite an extent wherever there Is only one poultry house a partition Is always advisable as it permits one to keep tho hens sep different types of roofs used in poultry houses 1 Is a shed roof 2 a combination roof 3 a gable roof 4 a semi monitor roof 5 a monitor roof 6 a slanting front roof and 7 an A type roof abated from tho pullets early in the winter and makes it later to make up a breeding pen of the best fowls in a small house that Is ono not oer 30 feet long one should use boards tor the partitions for about two feet from the floor tho rest may be made ot wire or cloth except between the boosts roosts of the different pens where tho boards shored rua to the root feed for growing ducklings Duc klings ducklings duc klings thrive brit on a eed composed of equal by measure of corn meal ground peas bran and all made into thick mash either with scalding hot water or milk abo latter being the better the mash la improved by adding shortcut green grass clover or some other green stuff and a lew of coarse sand bad air and incubation the atmosphere of a cellar where vegetable are kept Is not fit tor an incubator the air according to poplar mechanics Is charged with carbonic gas which la fatal to young chicles i A A |