. Agriculture and the farming business . , hinders the chickens in feed-ing, and encourages disease. Freedom from dampness.—AA^hen frost gathers heav-ily inside the poultry house in cold weather it shows toogreat a degree of dampness. This may come from theground floor, or lack of ventilation and sunlight. If a soilfloor is used, there should first be filled in several inchesof broken rock. On top of this may be placed a coating ofcinders, and over the cinders a layer of soil. The soil floorat its best is hard to keep clean, dry and free from odors. 638 AGRICULTURE AND Cement makes an excellen
. Agriculture and the farming business . , hinders the chickens in feed-ing, and encourages disease. Freedom from dampness.—AA^hen frost gathers heav-ily inside the poultry house in cold weather it shows toogreat a degree of dampness. This may come from theground floor, or lack of ventilation and sunlight. If a soilfloor is used, there should first be filled in several inchesof broken rock. On top of this may be placed a coating ofcinders, and over the cinders a layer of soil. The soil floorat its best is hard to keep clean, dry and free from odors. 638 AGRICULTURE AND Cement makes an excellent floor, as it can easily be the cement should be spread four inches of straw orhay. Comfortable roosts.—Fowls spend much time on theroosts. It is therefore important that the roosts be com-fortable. Roosts may be made from two-by-two-inch stuff,rounded on the upper edges; they should be placed abouttwo and one-half feet from the floor. Eight inches below. This roosting-nesting outfit is easy to keep clean, and can be car-ried out-doors for treating witla lice exterminators. Hens enternests tlie back way. the roosts should be a removable board or floor to catchthe droppings. Nests.—The nests may be built in a series of boxesalong the side, or, better still, under the dropping lay best in a secluded place. The nests should there-fore be covered, and sufficiently enclosed to make thempartially dark. Openings through the outer wall largeenough to admit the hand into the nests will allow thegathering of the eggs withotit entering the building. Caremust be taken, however, to provide a way to close theseholes so that drafts may not strike the nests. THE FARAIING BUSINESS 639 Colony houses.—Colony houses are small buildingsintended for from fifteen to twenty-five fowls, and aremovable. They may be constructed on the same plan as thelarger building, and are placed on sills or runners so thatthey may be dragged from place to place
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