Successful poultry keeping : a text book for the beginner and for all persons interested in better poultry and more of it--contains the "secrets of success" both for pleasure and profit--new and valuable information on all branches of the poultry business . the winter months. If theyhave been neglected and do not go to winter quarters in goodcondition, there will be little hope of getting them down towork until Christmas time or after. IMPORTANCE OF FRESH AIR Care must be taken not to shut these birds up too long as mild weather lasts the closed houses should be runas wide open as p
Successful poultry keeping : a text book for the beginner and for all persons interested in better poultry and more of it--contains the "secrets of success" both for pleasure and profit--new and valuable information on all branches of the poultry business . the winter months. If theyhave been neglected and do not go to winter quarters in goodcondition, there will be little hope of getting them down towork until Christmas time or after. IMPORTANCE OF FRESH AIR Care must be taken not to shut these birds up too long as mild weather lasts the closed houses should be runas wide open as possible, at the same time taking due precau-tions to avoid drafts about the roosts. Those who are for-tunate enough to possess one of the many good types of freshair or open front poultry buildings will not find it necessaryto give much thought to the matter of ventilation. The poultry-man making use of the ordinary types of closed poultry houseswill find this matter of ventilation one of vital importance atthis season of the year. Where so-called fresh air or openfront houses are used the birds are sure of a plentiful supplyof fresh air at all times, and this is of the greatest importancein the prevention of late fall and early winter diseases. An. AN ENGLISH BROODER HOUSE abundance of fresh air at all times is absolutely necessary forkeeping the birds in the best condition of health and one begins the practice of shutting the fowls up tightly ina closed house without due regard to proper airing at frequentintervals the birds are almost certain to develop catarrhal coldswhich later ina\ result in roup. Ihin drafts of cold air in aclose house will sow the seed for more sickness during a singlenight than would ever make its appearance were the birdsallowed to roost out in the open exposed to the elements, andIn,, close confinement in any tight, ill-ventilated house is equallycertain to be productive of disastrous results. The windowsof these tight houses should be kept
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