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Show Your Poultry House. Select a location that lias natural drainage away from the building. A dry, porous soil, such as sand or gravelly loam, Is preferable to a clay soil. In most localities the building should face the south, as this Insures the greatest amount of sunlight during the winter. Allow at least two square feet of floor space for each bird. Proper ventilation and sunlight mean a dry house and healthy birds. The partial open front house Is conceded con-ceded to be the best type for most sections. sec-tions. The colony plan of housing poultry may be adopted to good advantage on nnmy farms. This s.vsiem does away with the danger of tainted soil. The roosts should be built on the same level, 1! feet and 0 inches from the floor, with a dropping board about 1 S Inches below them. Hood roosts may be made of 2 by '2 I Inch material with upper edges rounded. round-ed. The nests may he placed on the side walls or under the dropping boards. It is best to have Mem darkened, us the hens prefer a secluded place In which to lay. |