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Show DUAL-PURPOSE FOWL HOUSE How to Construct Building for Keen Ing More Than One Breed and for Small Matinos. In many eases where a person wish ps to keep more than one. viulety ol , fowls or have more than one ma lug af the same vatlety, It ihvo'ves upon a liltu to construct Mich buildings as jwill best M-rve bis putpoMC. If b" ! 'only wishes to make small tna'lci,-n tna'lci,-n i slid hiisi on'y ft limited amount ol i pace to devote to poultry, th" con ' j tlnuous bre, ding home will probably 1 appeal to lillll. ,r ' In a house of this kind It Is found ''! advisable to construct It of such ill y j uieiisletis as will iil'ow pens about i eight feet by eight feet nml also b iv. 1 i hu alley about four feel wide whlcl r I can be used w ith grt-Ht c liveub tie B j lor cleaning, feeding and watering I rays Farm, Stock and Homo. Pttis c: I I this size will easily accnmirudaM II j about eight or ten females and om " I male bird. Kach pen should also have a win dow of fair dimensions facing tin t south. Dropping boards, rosts am r. nests should all be made movable hi i that they can be the more easll; ly cleaned and disinfected, it. (iood dimensions for such house! will be found to be live feet from I'll r 1 to eaves In thf rear or north lde am :,;! l et ' '-rV'' e Dial-Purpote Hcune. seven feet from laves to sill In fron I or south side Hlnl twe'w feet w lib (j Any length can be nsa d to contain an number of pens. The wiiIIm of these buildings tun ,l-V be constructed to suit one's fane but a gen, siiliFtnntl il wa'l can b uiuile by placing beards vertically bi Iwcen the tills, covet tug wlih a lay' B0 of tar -paper or other building papr and then a layer of drop siding Tit I will be found to protect fowls we 1,11 under ordinary conditions Of coins 'r( '.he building n nv be lathed and pta h C he Roosting Pl;tfcrm. DSl i - Dropping t-onnl. It - Uixnt mippoi )in C-el. go ch toted If desired. The n of can t iad made strnlght or broktn, but tho br it ken style will be found to give tr bent satisfaction. The front slal should be about five ft el from eavt lo peak, which will have about tilt fill for the roar i-lant on a bulldl' twelve feet wide. Any material nil" be us ij, but be sure that the roof air tight as It. will ke p the l tilldl! I,,,, warmer and abo allow a better wor l,v ' "'o ventihitleg system, . In the matter of nest" one may I ilu!ge his fancy There are so mat jJH patent nests, both with tra) ntol wb I out, that It would le rio hntd matt ' lo get what one want However, tl "' ' o'd soap box, with one side remov ;l ( (tl'l eontliiiies to be th favorite hh "'' answers th' puipose and M;m II. IU1 i (io'-'H't seem to care whether It s p: ! nti'd or riot. 1,1 ' . If one has plenty of area In w lib b r rale poultry he may ilevlre to In ars ro'ony hoii-es lust ad of a conilnuo a- breeding house In this case he w on iie small movable houses, prol.al about 10 by 10 In dimensions. The will 1" tin n-ed o' a-i Mliev In a lion ntl 1 rf this V.hid 'I"-,!' bulging sV-o I ii i nmieoiln'e fio'il ISItei ti to twt l: So hens on fre range. Th-s hou rn may be placed lit Intct v. ils on t I I ir. space devii'ed to poultry nml Ibis s on item l generally conced'd to be n.i ma ' sui ce.! ful ,,! j (li course, one mnv onstriict I letnlor of tln"' liul'dlrgs to suit I ! (al.cv. but he sbou'd alwrivs bear M , I li ind that at some time he will find on ' I " '"live b et brv u ion ,m 1 arts lemoiabie us Is pos.-dl le T ' n ilrepiiing board.' leny be placed 1 i bats and tho roost on Ioo"" stai (itIs A strip 2 by 2 will be found ! make a good roost n n.f ircod s'-indat t may be itisi!' fioui a loi'o li lueml |
