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 . thebirds always have fresh, wholesome air to breathe; and it is a pleasure to keep fine birds under such conditions. My birds are Barred Rocks and White Wyandottes and Ibelieve that if the youngsters are raised in open front coopsand gradually hardened, all but the most tender breeds will dobetter in such houses most anywhere in the States.
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 . thebirds always have fresh, wholesome air to breathe; and it is a pleasure to keep fine birds under such conditions. My birds are Barred Rocks and White Wyandottes and Ibelieve that if the youngsters are raised in open front coopsand gradually hardened, all but the most tender breeds will dobetter in such houses most anywhere in the States. If thehouses are made as tight as mine are, there can be no drafts andI have not seen a sign of dampness although there is such atendency toward it where I live, that it is almost impossible tokeep free from it in my dwelling. Believing that this style of house not only improves thequality of a flock, but adds materially to the health and com-fort of the birds, I hope many readers will give it a trial. Tothose who do, I would say, make the roof, sides and floor tight;door and window fitting so that a draft through them is im-possible; insure a circulation of air under the house; and insummer time remove door and window, substituting poul-try
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