Show P y DAMP FLOORS F LO ORS ARE MENACE TO FOWLS owners who tolerate them are inviting big losses damp floors in poultry houses are inexcusable in the opinion of E R gross agricultural 1 engineer at the new jersey agricultural experiment station Poultry men who tolerate them tire are inviting heavy losses in their flocks and a general reduction in the effle efficiency lency of the birds that survive A dry wooden floor may be made of two layers of boards with building paper between the top layer to be a good grade afi matched flooring so that it may be kept clean many poultry men find it desirable to the floor 12 to 18 inches above the ground and to leave the south foundation wall open for air circulation the other sides should be closed tight to keep out cold winds for a dry concrete floor either cither of two methods may be used the first Is as follows build the foundation walls level the ground inside do not remo remove ve any soil fill in with 6 to 8 inches of coarse sand gravel or cinders and place 3 to 4 inches of concrete floor on top in this construction I 1 be sure the foundations are high enough for the fill of cinders and the floor this raised floor with insulating fill will be dry the other method Is to lay a two course concrete floor with a layer of roofing paper between sometimes the floor itself Itsel flis Is not the cause of dampness then the remedy must be sought in a study of the care of the house ventilation filter II Iter or sunlight admitted |