Show I FLOORS IN POUL POULTRY HOUSES Must Be Kept Dry as Dampness Is la Fatal to Both Young and Old Fowls Fowls Also Also Keep Clean Poultry houses may be built with or without floors In either case they should be dry as damp floors make damp litters and ond do ss is fatal to both fowls and ond chicks Tf it the tile house houses Is s on dry ary sandy soil soli a dirt floor Is usually quite satisfactory but as a n arule arule rule it Is more damp than board or cement floors according to the United States department of agriculture Dirt floors should be scraped and new soil solI put rat in two or three times year a-year to keep them sanitary If board floors are used they should be both tight and smooth so far for as to make them dry and easy to clean If IO possible they should be eight or ten Inches from the ground to allow a circulation of ot air ah and to prevent rats from noder them l 1 r tf T |