Open-air poultry houses for all climates; a practical book on modern common sense poultry housing for beginners and veterans in poultry keepingWhat to build and how to do itHouses that will promote health, vigor and vitality in laying and breeding stock . e to others how to go into the poultrybusiness. Nevertheless, it is looked upon as a subject for joke andjest by such practical poultrymen as have visited it, and it certainlyis a monumental example of how not to do it it you want toestablish a practical and profitable poultry farm. Salt marsh and moist meadow land, if fairly well drained, ca
Open-air poultry houses for all climates; a practical book on modern common sense poultry housing for beginners and veterans in poultry keepingWhat to build and how to do itHouses that will promote health, vigor and vitality in laying and breeding stock . e to others how to go into the poultrybusiness. Nevertheless, it is looked upon as a subject for joke andjest by such practical poultrymen as have visited it, and it certainlyis a monumental example of how not to do it it you want toestablish a practical and profitable poultry farm. Salt marsh and moist meadow land, if fairly well drained, can beutilized for poultry provided the houses and a part of the range FOR ALL CLIMATES 41 are high and dry. You can use such land if you have to, andwhere fowls can run on high and dry land a part of the time thereare lots of worse ranges than a good salt marsh. The best location is a gentle southerly slope of light sandy loam,not too light to take a good grass sod, and having a good coarsesand or gravel sub-soil. If such a location is convenient for a watersupply and is sheltered with evergreen trees on the north and westit makes a very nearly ideal place for building a poultry land, with the hollows between the knolls or hills, well. Spring Garden Poultry Farm, Frank W. Floyd, Prop., Birmingham, Mich. drained, makes a good location, but dont get the poultry houses inthe hollows. Get your poultry house in a place where water, from melting snowand from heavy fall of rain, will always drain away from the build-ing. You want the drip from the roof to run away from the house,not under and into it. Facing the house is a matter that will depend some on theparticular location selected, its relation to the surroundings andthe climate in which the house is built. Wherever there is con-siderable frosty or freezing weather in winter, place the house sothat it will get the most sunlight inside during the cold season. The prevailing wind storms for the particular section shoul
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