. A poultry survey of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois. ere the birds did not die of suffocation, especiallyduring the extremely cold weather, when birds are inclined to crowdtogether, they degenerated in health and vigor to such an extentthat their production was less than a dozen eggs a day. The housewhich was obliged to accommodate sixty birds more than it had ade-quate space of, is seen in figure 5. While it is a well known fact that sunlight has no equal asa disinfectant, and while it is equally true that good ventilation isone of the most important requisite
. A poultry survey of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois. ere the birds did not die of suffocation, especiallyduring the extremely cold weather, when birds are inclined to crowdtogether, they degenerated in health and vigor to such an extentthat their production was less than a dozen eggs a day. The housewhich was obliged to accommodate sixty birds more than it had ade-quate space of, is seen in figure 5. While it is a well known fact that sunlight has no equal asa disinfectant, and while it is equally true that good ventilation isone of the most important requisites in maintaining the health of theflock, yet no two factors, so essential to successful poultry raisingwere more neglected than these. The illustration, figure 6, depictsan old barn, a very common form of poultry house in the Twin will be noticed that no provision whatever is made for ventilationor access of sufficient sunlight. Several cases were found in whichspecial care was taken to prevent sunlight from getting into thehouse, by nailing sacks before the windows. Figure 8. The house which served to accommodate sixtybirds more than it had adequate space for. Note the sickly andlistless condition of the flock. 27.
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