. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . er the boards and donot pass between the joints, otherwise they often act asconductors of the rain, and a house with damp walls orroof cannot be sweet. If the house is a lean-to, a verygood roof is made of corrugated or sheet zinc. In thiscase there should be a lining of thin boards underneath,as zinc is a rapid conductor of heat, and makes a veryhot roof in the summer and a very cold and damp one. HOUSING AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT 7 in the winter, on account of the water condensing under-neath it and dripping down. The Floor
. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . er the boards and donot pass between the joints, otherwise they often act asconductors of the rain, and a house with damp walls orroof cannot be sweet. If the house is a lean-to, a verygood roof is made of corrugated or sheet zinc. In thiscase there should be a lining of thin boards underneath,as zinc is a rapid conductor of heat, and makes a veryhot roof in the summer and a very cold and damp one. HOUSING AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT 7 in the winter, on account of the water condensing under-neath it and dripping down. The Floor of the Poultry House, when not raisedabove the ground to form a shelter underneath (see Fig. 1),should be kept scrupulously dry. If the sub-soil is clay,or at all heavy and damp, the house should be raised ona sill of bricks placed end to end on all sides. Thefoundation should be beaten until solid, and raised tothe level of the brickwork. A little cement on the topof the bricks outside will throw off any rain. On thefoundation thus formed a beddino; of two or three. Fig. 1.—A House raised 2 feet from the ground and the shelter underneath partboarded up. The door, on the left, is open, and a sliding wire-covered door isused during the warm weather. The Scratching Shed is to the right. inches of peat moss, well broken up, will form a drysurface. Peat moss is a good deodorizer, but thedroppings should be raked off at least once a week, andoftener if circumstances permit. I am not in favour ofwhat are known as dropping boards placed under-neath the perches to catch the manure. They are aclumsy device to save a little trouble, and are most diffi-cult to keep sweet. They frequently soil the plumageof the fowl, who nill sit on them, and they afford a per-fect harbour for vermin. Where, however, space is verylimited, and the floor of the poultry house is to be 8 THE POULTRY MANUAL made use of as a scratching shed during: the dav,they may be used to advantage if the most perfectclean
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