. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... -ure in the building, causing dampness or same objection applies to skylights. Being at thehighest part of the room usually, they .allow warm airto escape, and in warm weather make the house hot:also, they almost invariably leak. In the case of houses sixteen feet wide or more,windows in the rearwall under the drop-pings platform aredesirable. They lightup what otherwiseis a comparativelydark section of thefloor, and wherethey are providedthe troublesome ten-dency of the litterto work back to therear of the room isch
. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... -ure in the building, causing dampness or same objection applies to skylights. Being at thehighest part of the room usually, they .allow warm airto escape, and in warm weather make the house hot:also, they almost invariably leak. In the case of houses sixteen feet wide or more,windows in the rearwall under the drop-pings platform aredesirable. They lightup what otherwiseis a comparativelydark section of thefloor, and wherethey are providedthe troublesome ten-dency of the litterto work back to therear of the room ischecked. Muslin Shutters andCurtains The use of mus-lin shutters for ven-t i 1 a t i n g poultryhouses is now well-nigh universal, andno better method isknown. With theeast, west, and northwalls of air-tightconstruction, good-sized openings canbe provided on thesouth side, givingthe fowls ventila-tion, sunlight, complete pro-tection from openings areprotected by mus-lin shutters or cur-tains, to be closedin stormy weatherand at night. Mus-. FIG. 28—CONSTRUCTION OFWINDOWSash closes tight against siding,which overlaps opening one inch allaround, making a tight joint and re-ducing cost. Where the sashes cometogether, bevel the edges to slope out-ward and make water-tight joint, in-stead of leaving them level as shownin illustration. 20 POULTRY HOUSES AND FIXTURES
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