Show 1 SOLID allos foundation FOR POULTRY HOUSES by A PROF mhd H L KEMPSTER IN missouri IA agricultural I 1 stationary poultry houses should PI nl 1 ways su be built on do ft foundation it II st Is poor economy to do allow the silla test JOT on qa the ground pun and keep I replacing 1 1 11 them do as they sn decay R I 1 except do 1 in the 1 case 0 of 1 portable houses moe stone Is or I 1 raiq may co bied for foundations puno olin inq but aj the beit material jig all things considered la con crete alwa posts in are objectionable alq because thes a are short ji lived stone blocks are I 1 subject to U heaving by I JI frost J pon and settling to the dill result JIU being warped mot houses D 1 in which lq ao up doors pum and windows put open old pon nud shut with difficulty all TOIL the concrete 1 foundation iipp 1 la not joe only al easier 1 1 to con lonias pul but prevents rw rats moil from burrowing 1 2 underneath the floor 9 10 few simple rules IA IV 1 should PIVOTED q be ob served ul 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floor van are earth wood pa jinzo m and P concrete UE la portable either tha wood or 10 qiu earth floors are used PI while api all IT I 1 tapes ada are I 1 seen UD 1 in stationary al houses aj the floor I 1 joe ul in IT a stationary ug house dug D hould be a fui P 6 9 VE to 8 inches above q qa the na p level to to 01 abild prevent I sur I 1 face DO water in I 4 from cju affecting bailo it 41 earth alio llio floors oil IT are I 1 most OUT 4 mamnoo q because 0 of economy 1 in construction in deed IT a POOR good earth to floor 1 Is probably qi the most I 1 desirable IT if dp dampness no can q be d prevented 0 on ctet 1 soils RI special did I eions tm m are U necessary al 1 to prevent water ill daj from working up from q beneath am there al should q be a I two 1 or I 1 three inch 1 TID jill fill of acme do coarse material such none af cobblah stones m or A OD coarse lulo lit pon and tula RM I cov 1 ered P with a cut laser of 10 thick clay col so 11 that 1141 4 the loose so soil it from ai 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TE 1 to insure in d perfect aup health 1 in peo ake of I 1 LET these jup dia advantages ita HIT desirable features so es lulled pec lally Al economy amu o of 0 construction make anum the earth floor no oue of I 1 the mo most ie popular used anoa concrete olai floors diu are rapidly coming 41 into use aj the put first isoo cost Is al high but it I 1 is probably al sfa the ml cheapest I OP floor of jn TV all I 1 41 11 IDEAL MISSOURI g 0 n HOUSE 0 g 3 FOR o 0 nod POULTRY 1 in M the pea end the a litter io does not I 1 require changing q 2 2 as often aj do as on earth tue ff floora pun and ilu all expense 0 of A removing 21 1 2 pon and A replacing the DO soil ITO each qi year A 1 ia eliminated 1 I 1 it 1 is also rat I 1 void proof and so can iq be easily 1 I 1 1 1 and thoroughly infected dis la D case of I 1 disease dap poultry should not IOU he permitted to 01 uni run on no a q bare floor iq but there 44 hould iq be I a heavy straw litter 1 1 in which the qa grain 1112 uno can q be fed P A bare floor 1 Is PLOD cold pun and causes deformed po 1 feet 41 4 PUB and lun AD covered with I 1 4 it ill the litter fit IL the construction 40 0 4 of I 1 a concrete omo Vili u floor VI la comparatively simple j ald by ali 9 filling 2111 2 of in a few inches of IV coarse sel material as candera PUT and tamping ITT thoroughly the floor may su q be laid at 3 the mo a same time so as the wall n 11 without 11 ino the J use ot alet I inide forms 0 GROUND yA assa CONCRETE FLOOR CINY AND foundation |