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Show OPEN FRONT POULTRY HOUSE i So Constructed That Air Is Constancy f Changing, Leaving It Always Pure I and Hens Comfortable. i I'p to the present time, all bulldinfc ) of poultry houses, at and in connec- 9 Hon with University Farm, has been t with a view only to economy, slm pllclty, the convenience of the keeper t and the comfort of the fowls. The . aim has been to keep the Cost of con- r structlon down, so that the average ! tanner, w ho wishes to adopt our plans, will fi ml them easily within hM means. I We have introduced no fancy or com plicated devices, which consume time and so easily get out of order. We l have sought to locate doors, windows I and nests in such places as will be I convenient In doing the work; and to r Insure such protection and comfort to l Hie fowls as shall promoto their best endeavors In the line of laying eggs says tho Minnesota Farmers' Library ' In all of our tiouses the so-called 1 "open front" Is adopted; that Is, a front a large portion of whose area Is 1 occupied only by a thin sheet of mus lin, and by windows which may be ' opened or closed, to suit the weather. 1 The aim has been to make tho walls 1 perfectly tight except In front. Wi then have the same principle In ventilation ven-tilation by trying to create n draft In a bottle hy blowing Into It. The Inner and outer pressure of the air in the bottle equal each other, and what air is forced in must come out through tho same opening. Just so with the -w ( ; t UiMat'.Wi 4l. J L ... ' UtUil . MSI . liltot'WW'.'i 'l Detail of Cross Section of Tile House. chicken-pen; what change In the air takes place Is' made gradually, but the change Is constantly going on, so that the air Is always pure, while the tern perature remains comfortable to the hens. Here Is the answer to the questionusually ques-tionusually the first one nuked by visitors: "Are these houses warm enough In winter?" Fowls do not have to be kept warm In winter In order or-der that they may lay eggs regularly. Tho animals of the warm southern climates are not so thrift yand vigorous vigor-ous as those of the North. This Is equally true with poultry. Therefore, imitating that unsurpassed patternmaker, pattern-maker, Nature, we give the birds all the benefits of winter's exhilarating j atmosphere. In our poultry houses ( the water freezes, and must be chang ( ed twice a day. j The floors of our houses are of ce- ? ment, laid on a bed of cinders, which prevents water from coming up. A t thin layer of sand underlies the rln p dors, which are spread three Inches 1 thick and well tamped down. Over I these Is spread two and a half tc three Inches of cement; and, later, a 1 top coat half an Inch thick Is added, r Such a cement floor will last 1'mger, r Is rat and vermin proof, Is the easiest r to clean and. with a good covering of 1 litter, it Is as comfortable as any for c ttie fowls. r Too much glass In a poultry house Is 1 objectionable, as rendering the place c too hot in summer and on blight daytr i In winter, and too cold at night In i winter and on cloudy days. Small lights are preferable to large ones; . because, when broken, they ran be more cheaply replaced. A tall, narrow nar-row window Is better than a broad c one with the same number of lights; because It admits more sunlight and, as the sun moves from cast to west. Its rays are distributed over he whole floor. In midwinter the rays of the t sun will be thrown back Into the pen two and a half feet for every foot In height of the window. For example, t a window six feet high will throw sun- I shine six times two and a half feet, ? or fifteen feet back Into the building! e |