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Show INTERIOR OF POULTRY HOUSE Most Farm Buildings Intended for Fowls Are Large and Difficult to Keep Warm In Winter. Mr. F. W. HeynoMs sends the Home-Rtciiil Home-Rtciiil the accompanying diagram which tthowa the end view of the Ulterior Ul-terior of a poultry house fixed for winter win-ter use. Most farm poultry houses are built rather large and are hard to keep warm In wlnler. This arrange- Interior View, n. itoou; i. Hii.piim nt.or; r. crllliiK; C. Curtain; N, Nests, O, Outur fur ilii'pl'liiK". inent may be applleil to most any bouse except that the roogts must bo built on a level and not graduated stair step fashion. The slanting floor (I)) Is an advantage In that It forma a dead air space below and facilitates cleaning the chicken house. The roosts are 2x2 Inch strips with corners rounded, extending from back to front about 18 Inches apart. About 18 Inches above the rousts a falHo celling may be built of loose strips and covered with straw or hay. A curtain of burlap bur-lap or an old utrlp of carpet Is hung from the front of this celling and by tacking a narrow strip on the lower edg" of tills curtain, It can be raised and fastened to tin- rafters above at (()) during the day. The curtain, straw and celling may all be taken out In warm weather so that spraying may j be easily done. Nests can be arranged n I In the same room, as ahown. |
