Show ST L 42 SUMMER HOUSE FOR POULTRY coop sh shown ow n in the illustration will provide comfortable place for hens hena in hot weather iier good poultry quarters are needed nua for warm weather the house shown in the accompanying picture will answer the purpose exceedingly well it lg is built eight feet wide 12 feet long seven feet high in front and 4 foot feet at the rear it should have a light framework consisting of for the sills and caps and siding of inch stuff preferably matched N summer house for hens hen nailed on perpendicular as indicated writes fred 0 sibley in tile farm and honio thy tho front which Is to face toward tow ard the donth has a good sized window anil and at each corner aro arc two openings inches for tile hens to pass in tho the end opposite the door there Is is a wooden about two feet square for air and ventilation and tills this as well us ris tho window should have strong eluo wire nailed on the outside the boosts roosts are located in tho the rear up under tile the roof with a plat fonn below to catch the droppings SA 21 feet wide extending tho the whole length of the house beneath this la Is another platform throe three root feet wide for the nests for hens on tho the range such FA a house la Is just tile the thing ond and needs no floor it if the location la Is well drained Ilal ned and dry it will shelter from 50 to 60 fowls comfortably the interior ought to lie ie kept well whitewashed and it if tho the bouso la in set in the shade of a largo large tree it will bo be all the more pleasant for tho the hona hens togo into on a hot lay day the coyt cost of building tills this kind hind of 1 cottage villo bulbe from f 1 2 to 0 o 16 it pays Pi yso to iagoda use good lumber neuv al 1 I hyvo of paint be lipil 1 di I i BROODER FOR LITTLE CHICKS illustration and directions given for constructing comfortable place for youngsters this fireless relesa fl brooder will accommodate 26 to 60 50 chicks according to tho weather it tho the hover bover la Is removed it makes an excellent brood coop for hen and chicks make the bottom of brooder 4 feet 8 inches by I 1 foot 10 inches of boards nailed on 2 by 2 22 inch scantlings scant lings for the upper part use A by 2 inch posts posta for the uprights those in front 17 inches echea long ions and tho the rear 11 li inches felles make tho the coop 2 feet 10 inches long 2 feet wide 18 inches high in front and 12 inches at tile the back writes arthur S wenger of dayton va in tile tho missouri valley farmer fanner this will allow the coop to set bet down over the floor door the posts resting upon the floor boards make two openings in front one 8 by 8 inches the other 12 by 20 for the smaller opening make a sliding door and cover the other with alne meia mea wire netting mako a frame fraino and cover with muslin to slide blide over this netting during cold or stormy weather for the root roof take two pieces of board 2 inches wide and 3 feet long and three pieces of the same dimension 2 feet 2 inches long notch the long pieces piece s at end and center to I 1 inch wide so tile the cross crosspieces pieces can be nailed in to make a flat frame cover this framo frame with throe three ply moling st stretched tight tind and nailed around edge and through center hinge the cover to back of coo coopland put a small hook book in front to hold bold it shut for the liver hover hako hake n box 18 in inches ches square and 8 inches high with a hole 4 inches square in one side for chicks to go in and out put in a bottom but no top make a wooden frame to fit rather loosely loo cly in this box and tack 00 explanatory sketch muslin on oil one side of frame with a pleat in vach each corner so it will sag about 2 inches put n nail in cac c aab l corner of box 4 inches from botham for frame to rest upon Hava Hav About about I 1 inch of fine hay chaff in 4 of box put in eh chicks icks and far cor top of muslin with burlap sach r or any soft material in warm weather they will need very tittle little cover BEDBUGS IN CHICKEN HOUSE ai y roots and nests N 11 ests 1 should be removed from Sui ldIna and whitewash spray thoroughly applied many poultry houses are infested with bed bugs and it Is not an easy matter to dislodge them somo people say that turning tho the sheep into the poultry houses will induce the bura bugs to attack the sheep blimp where they will be lost in the wool but tills this Is n poor remedy remove all the roosts boosts and nests from the house and spray with boiling hot whitewash to which has been added a pint of turpentine to a pall pail ful cul another good remedy Is to burn tile the interior of the house with tarol lne mixture which can be bought at any drug store another effective remedy la is halt a pint each of turpentine ammonia and kerosene to which add about four ounces of gum camphor it if more booro Is needed double the quantity apply with a brush the nests should bo be burned out over a blazing lire fire and the boosts roosts should also bo be held over the fire and all should bo be tho thoroughly roughly whitewashed and painted before putting them back turkey culture in turkey culture a single union of a niale male and female fertilizes all the eggs the hen will lay in one season hence one gobbler should be enough for 20 or more hens hena |