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Show rgoragi POULTRY HOUSE ABOUT RIGHT Building Described and Illustrated That Is Well Arranged to Admit Plenty Sunlight. I have a poultry house I think Is about right. It Is 12 by 16 feet, and will house 75 birds with ease, writes Mrs. R. B. Hammerli in the Farmers Mail and Breeze. It is four feet high on the north and six feet on the south. The roof has a nine-foot slope on the north and a five-foot slope on the Bouth. Studding were set every two feet and drop siding was used to board up the walls. The roof is shingled. There are four windows on the south each with a double sash 22 by 28 inches in size and arranged so the top Dnes may 1 be lowered. We did not ( Exterior of Hen House. want the open front style as we wanted want-ed It tight for fumigating and also to keep out beating storms. The upper Bash are lowered most of the time, and during cold weather 'we have a muslin curtain to lower over the opening. open-ing. Roosts are hinged to the north Bide and may be raised and fastened to the ceiling where they are out of the way for cleaning etc. A good dropping board below keeps the floor In good condition. Nests are placed along the east and west sides. This house has a good cement floor which keeps out rats. This house admits . plenty of sunlight sun-light and we have not had a frozen comb or sick chicken all winter. |