. Conkey's poultry book : a handy book of reference on poultry raising. Poultry; Poultry; Poultry. mixed throughout the mass. The whole secret of good solid work Is in the quality of cement and sand, and in the most thorough mixing. When in a soft condition it should be thrown into the frame and well tamped. It will require a day or two for the wall to set, when the frame can be re- moved and the trench filled in with earth. The cement floor is drier than any other and, as it is more durable, great care should be taken in laying it. Your floor should have a properly drained foundation, which i
. Conkey's poultry book : a handy book of reference on poultry raising. Poultry; Poultry; Poultry. mixed throughout the mass. The whole secret of good solid work Is in the quality of cement and sand, and in the most thorough mixing. When in a soft condition it should be thrown into the frame and well tamped. It will require a day or two for the wall to set, when the frame can be re- moved and the trench filled in with earth. The cement floor is drier than any other and, as it is more durable, great care should be taken in laying it. Your floor should have a properly drained foundation, which is provided for by filling in with fine stone to within two inches of the top of the foundation walls, and over this should be spread the same kind of grout used in the foundation walls. Then lay your sills on the foundation walls perfectly level. On top of the floor lay a dressing of one part of cement and four parts of sand. This should be troweled perfectly smooth and level, and should be well flushed up against the sills to prevent the entrance of moisture between the sills and founda- tion. Some prefer to embed the sills in the top of the wall, making wall flush with top of sill. ROOSTS—Roosts should be made of 2x3 stuff set edgeways with cor- ners slightly rounded. Many patent roosts have oil cup attachment to pre- vent mites from crawling on the fowls at night, but while they are excellent, they are not absolutely necessary, as the poultryman can keep the houses entirely free from mites and other vermin by using the proper exterminators and attending to them frequently. DROPPINGS BOARD— One of the greatest necessities is a droppings board under the roosts. It should be made eas- ily removable for cleaning and is one of the best safeguards for sanitation. The usual way of arranging the roosts is to have them close to the north wall, and at about half the Height of the wall. Below the roosts is the movable droppings board and below the droppings board are the nests. NES
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