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Show POULTRY S CACKLES j BUILDING HOUSE FOR FOWLS Structure Should Be as tow as Possible Pos-sible Without Danger of Attendants Attend-ants Bumping Heads. A poultry house should not be so wide that the sun cannot reach the back of the house, say poultry specialists special-ists of the United States Department of Agriculture, or It will be damp. Eighteen feet Is a convenient width for a large house If there are do alleyways. al-leyways. The houve should be built as low as possible without danger of the attendants at-tendants bumping their heads against the ceiling. A low house Is more easily warmed than a high one. For the greatest amount of floor space for the least cost, a building oil Don't Build Poultry House Too Wide or Too High. , should be square, for, other things being be-ing equal, the nearer square a house Is the less lumber It will take. - The size of the building required will depend largely on the number of fowls to be kept and on the size of the flocks. From 28 to 100 seems to be about as many as Is safe and economical eco-nomical to keep together. With flocks of this slse, about four square feet of floor space should be allotted to. each bird, which will suffice in most cases where careful attention is given to cleanliness and ventilation. Three to three and one-half square feet Is enough for Leghorns In large flocks. If the fowls are kept in smaller floeke a little more floor space per bird will be needed. Where the climate is so mild that it Is unnecessary to keep the fowls confined, except for a few days at a time, and especially if the fowls are kept in small colony houses, less space per bird will be sufficient. The smaller breeds, being mora active and restless, require about as much room as the larger breeds. |