. places should be open during the day for the purpose of ventilation. The floor should slant every way towards the door, to facilitate the cleaning, and to avoid anything like wet. It should be well cleaned every day, and it should be raised above the level of the surround- ing ground; it should have no artificial floor, such as boards, bricks, tiles, or stones of any kind, but should be of good hard earth and loose gravel—not dispos- ed to be muddy from its occupants going in and Fig. 2.—fo^l house, 6x6. out in wet weather. It a, Door; b, Ventilators;c, Brackets; d, Entrance should Open On g
. places should be open during the day for the purpose of ventilation. The floor should slant every way towards the door, to facilitate the cleaning, and to avoid anything like wet. It should be well cleaned every day, and it should be raised above the level of the surround- ing ground; it should have no artificial floor, such as boards, bricks, tiles, or stones of any kind, but should be of good hard earth and loose gravel—not dispos- ed to be muddy from its occupants going in and Fig. 2.—fo^l house, 6x6. out in wet weather. It a, Door; b, Ventilators;c, Brackets; d, Entrance should Open On grounds perfectly free for the poultry to run in; and if a high dry spot on light soil can be chosen, so much the better. The roof should be quite air and water tight. I will conclude with one more remark; it is not neces- sary to build expensive houses. I keep a cock and five hens in a wooden house. (See fig. 2.) It is seven feet high in the centre, six feet square inside, and is planned as in fig. 3. Such a house will cost, be- ing made of pine wood, about fifteen dollars, and will last many years. It is portable, by passing a pole through the brackets, (c, c, Fig. 2) on each side. It has no floor, being put on dry ground. The boards may split from exposure, but that may be prevented by a coating of tar or paint. f t» 1> 1, b e Fig. 3.—PLAN. , Door; b, Laying Boxes; c, Perch.
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