. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 124 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING It affords a breeding ground for lice and mites, and it cannot be cleaned. Then, too, it is inflammable. Openings.—The best arrangement is to have all the openings in the house on one side—the front wall—so that by keeping the other three sides tightly closed, drafts are prevented. Too much glass in a poultry house makes it cold in winter and hot in summer. In recent years curtain frames have taken the. (Courtesy Cornell Experiment Station) Fig. 86.—Framing for a continuous poultry house. Note the concrete walls; building i
. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 124 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING It affords a breeding ground for lice and mites, and it cannot be cleaned. Then, too, it is inflammable. Openings.—The best arrangement is to have all the openings in the house on one side—the front wall—so that by keeping the other three sides tightly closed, drafts are prevented. Too much glass in a poultry house makes it cold in winter and hot in summer. In recent years curtain frames have taken the. (Courtesy Cornell Experiment Station) Fig. 86.—Framing for a continuous poultry house. Note the concrete walls; building is intended to have a dirt floor. place of glass windows to a great extent. In fact, many farms use curtain frames exclusively, although this practice makes for a dark interior, when on very stormy days it becomes necessary to close the curtains. The semi-open front house should consist of one-third board partition for its front wall, commencing at the floor line, one-third curtain frame openings, and one-third win- dows and ventilators. See Fig. 84. Curtain Frames.—A medium-weight, unbleached muslin is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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