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Show PURE AIR QUITE NECESSARY 1 I ! I Drafts Should Be Carefully Avoided and Poultry House Kept at Even Temperature. IHriCJIthy nlr is practically breathing Im. Pure air furnishes tho oxygen which keeps the life processes going mid when the air becomes stnlo or foul, tho birds becomo weak and sickly. " Tho problem for tho poultrymnn, therefore, there-fore, Is to let In plenty of air without drafts and without making the lien bouso so cold ns to bo uncomfortable. On almost all sunny days tho windows can lie opened when the flock is exercising, exer-cising, scratching in litter for its food, and that gives a chanco to nlr the house thoroughly. Even in the coldest plglit the windows may lie lowered a little at the top (very little when It Is very cold) and the birds will obtain fresh all. If the wind blows In, a piece of burlap can bo hung over the open hpnco through which tho nlr can get In and by which the wind can be kept out. |