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Show PRACTICAL WINTER) HOUSE FOR KEEPING POULTRY In Constructing Can Should U Token to Select Well llrnlncd Soli and Pnf Attention lo Vvntllatloc I In hoiisttn fnwla In winter. cnr lionl.l In- Ink. n to Inivo nur l.ull.l-ii, l.ull.l-ii, w it r in and veiilllate.1 In su, h n innnio-r nn to prevent nil direct -trafls or air rmnliiK In roiitn. t wtih h- fonts, nn.l at Hip same time do owny wltti Hie moisture nn.l front col-l.Ttlnx col-l.Ttlnx iipun III.- relllllK nil. I walls of the homo-, writes A. K. Vnii.lervart In Knrm nu.l Klt.sl.l.-. It In much bolter bol-ter to Inn,- a i-olil, well v.nlllul.-.l I,,,, is,- tli a to hnvi one very wnrm nn.l tii.nrly v.-nlllate.l, iind your fnwla will In- much In-ultliler anil lay belter bel-ter In II,- former than In lln- latter. In ImllilliiK a house, one sin, alii Ink tnto i-oiislil. ration the eltmntlr i-on- litlonn of tin- locnllty In which the house In In he built. A well drained mil should he selected, nnd nvnld tinlldliiK III a hollow where outer will rollTt. ir you do not want any rouble. Many are pnrtlnl lo ttio npon-front, npon-front, neriilehliiK shed ntyle of halld-Iriat. halld-Iriat. mid while they are nil rlxlil for rrrtaln local I. mn. In Ihln lix nllly I have found On- house d.-s. rlbed and II lllntrnte.l to be tirt-fernble. The bonne In built fncliiK the muith. md In in feel wide, r,n feel I.iiik. fulir jrid one half feet IiIkIi III hack, ntx feet :hkIi In trout and s. ven I, el IiIkIi at tin- I, lnli, hi iiolut. 'I n, s- dlmetisloni and the style ol roof mako a low houne which In wanner than one htali-er, htali-er, yet It la plenty IiIkIi cnouitti to work In. The frame plalea are ninde of two-by two-by fours nnd the sills and corner posts of four hy-toma. Tin- ouislde In honrd- an tlitlitly nn possible with lieinl.s k boards, and a ehi-ap Krnde of hounu-nldliiK hounu-nldliiK In used for thu si. Ill, k, with a R.Hid ataile of tarred pnper between the boards and the nldliiK. For the roof, roollna paper la lined, nnd la pill an In ntrlpa from tho front to the back of the limine. Five dinilite nush wlmlowa orrupy about one fourth of thu front, and extend ex-tend nearly tho whole height of the ' t line) ' Tenlllntora. These eenllla torn, Hid opi-nlna lln- windows on plinxrit dayn. form a perfect method ol van-Mutton, and prii.il. ally do iiwu Willi III moisture nnd fiost on II." wall! and cellliiKs of the I. , ill, lint; nnd aipply nn uhiimlunce of pare uit free tioin drafis Tin-bouse In divided Into five pens each ii n by llft.-en feel. The pnnl tlona are liai.l d up for n dlsian. of nboit two feet, nn.l win- iietluut l used tn- rent of Hie way to Hie cellina Tho lln.is hrlween en. h pell ale thr.-l feet tale, mid nr .vend with win ItflllK l ln- droppliiK b.sir.ls nnc nentt o.-ci.py the north aide of tlx bulliiiit III.. dropphiK hoards nn Ihn I-. t nlmr.- Hie floor, and lhre Plld lt, hull feet wide, mid extend Hit width of ll. ,.,, (i,.n feet I. Th perchm nr.- uu,,,. ,,f twol.ylwoa ilnm.-4 mid won Hie edK. n rounded Thi-l-i nr.- nix lii. hea from Hie drop lilnab.-iii.ls, nnd are IiIiim.-.I lo tin bulldiiiii o ih.y ,nn be raised em! fasienci l,,.,i ,i, i,mK 0ff ltm j,,,,, pIllK ts),o,ls I'retrr tin- ,rop-liiK hoards are eiahl nesta mting on a piuiiorm ..no fool Elevation of Practical Poultry Houae. 1 V V V I Ground Plan for Poultry Houae. 'ront of the bulldliiK, allowiua the un a rays lo alilue directly onto the lour of Hie house. Hun In an excellent .on Ic for the fowls, and should always e taken Into eoiisld, rutlon when con itrii.iliia a poultry house. Four liol, s. two feet sipiare, are rut aeur Hie top between tho windows I'hese are covere u, muslin, ami below the dropping bnordn. A hinged diair o. cii,lcn Hie front tho tin an from olilih It,.- i-Kua are gathered. This arruiia ut or roosta nnd nesti given tlie fowls use of II ntlro fl.sir apaca 1I- wnter fouutaliia unc grll lK.a nre iiluced ua the pnrllHoti buardi. Tlit flour In of ronnete. and con atrmied In (he following manner: Tin apnre up In Hie bottom of the atlla ii tllli-d with crashed alono. (In thin ii aptaad a Ihln rout of cement, enouiit lo raake a hiuihiIIi aarfnee. On II, In Ii pli.n-il a Iny.-r of thick tarred impel andovrr thin a layer nf cement Ithr.-i pnila aand and one part cement I. Tlill iiiuli-a and I, leal flisir for a poultry lima. It la wind and rat proof ant the tarred pnper keepa the uiolsturi out It, la easily constructed, ensll) cleaned, and, above all, laata a lltetliue The yarda are at Ihn rear of lln ballillng, and are 70 feet long by t.-i fe.-t wide, and In these nre planted rows of plum Ireea. Connected will thi ne yards la another large yard nar rniiiidlng an orchard. Kii.-h pen Ii alien tills yard for half a day. whirl llli.lo-a an excellent forilgii pllice fol Hie fuwla. |