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Show VENTILATE THE HENHOU.i Cloth Covered Window Will Permit Air to Pats Slowly Back and Forth Without Draft A treo Is the natural homo ot tho hen. Sho was not Intended to llvo In n house. In housing a hen so that Bho will produce eggs during tho winter, wu havo confined her In a homo as tight nnd stuffy as our own. Hut uullko most humans, tho hen wants fresh air more than sho wants wnrmth. In providing a homo for tho hen wo should protect her ngalnst storms nnd cold winds but wo should tako caro that wo do not oxeludo fresh air and light. One ot the best systems ot ventilation, venti-lation, according to J. Q. Halpin, Collego ot Agriculture of tho University Uni-versity ot AV'lseonBln, is a cloth covered cov-ered window which will allow air to pass slowly back and forth without a draft. The cloth should bo stretched stretch-ed on a hinged framo so that tho entire en-tire window may eaBlly bo opened. Tho window should be placed when possible on tho south sldo of tho poultry houso. It will need to bo open a largo PU of tho time, being closed only during storms and on tho 'coldest nights. |
