The Farm-poultry . SEM;I-5I0>IT0R-T0P HOCSE—end VIKW. and its needs you may pick up a bit here andthere that will interest you. I will say in the first place that my idea wasto keep fifty hens iu a flock. These houses arebuilt of rough hemlock, single boarded, andcovered first with a waterproof sheathingwhich is made of two layers of paper and tarbetwefeh. Over this was put Xeponset red. SEMI-MOXITOK-TOP HOUSE OF DR. H. P. and cool aftorunons at , are some of theconditions that I must meet. The house mu>tbe open as much as possible without havingthe wind blowing directly into it. T
The Farm-poultry . SEM;I-5I0>IT0R-T0P HOCSE—end VIKW. and its needs you may pick up a bit here andthere that will interest you. I will say in the first place that my idea wasto keep fifty hens iu a flock. These houses arebuilt of rough hemlock, single boarded, andcovered first with a waterproof sheathingwhich is made of two layers of paper and tarbetwefeh. Over this was put Xeponset red. SEMI-MOXITOK-TOP HOUSE OF DR. H. P. and cool aftorunons at , are some of theconditions that I must meet. The house mu>tbe open as much as possible without havingthe wind blowing directly into it. Thescratching shed must heat up quickly and thebody ot the house retain the heat in the upperpart and yet remain cool on the floor, so thatwhen the house is closed up at night the heatwill be retained. It is found that this houseremains at nii^ht about 15° warmer than theair outside during cold snaps. Spring and Fall Conditions. southwest and nurlheast warm days followed liy cold these storms the house must remainopen without leUlng the rain come In upon XOTTAGE, GOSHEX, —FRONT VIEW. roj>e roofing, and battened securely the two layers of roofing do not touch atall points, owljig to the usual amount ofwrinkling, there is more or less of an airspace between the two papers, which is anadvantage. The bouses arc fourteen bythirty, divid
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