Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-22
VENTILATION.
How g Build . Poultry House Tnes ~
fords Complete Protection.

VENTILATION.
How e Build Poultry House Thas AZ
ford. Complete Protection.
One of the most destructive agents IN
poultry house is lack of ventilation
Fowls, more than any other animate
thing, need a large amount OF pure
fresh air, or they will not do well IN
confinement during the winter months
We believe this to be the cause OF more !
unhealthiness in fiocks than all other
causes combined. By nature they re-
quire the pure. unadulterated fresh AR
of Heaven: and when they are deprived
of this in the least, for any length OF
time. they begin to droop and lose their
interest in things about them. ihe:r
eyes grow dull; they walk around a. II
it were an effort for them to move, ana
they seem to take but little interest IN
life. While they may appear to casual
observer in full health and VlSOr. the
egg basket does not warrant the Deiiet
that such is the case, and we wonder
why we get so few or no eggs. fowls;
to lay. must be in perfect health; ana
, when they omit this important part OF
their business. you may know that there
! is something wrong with them. and III
nine cases out of ten it Is the want OF
| pure, fresh air You may feed them all
kinds of grain. give them warm mash
! daily, put tonics in their food and pour
! fresh water several times day in their
cups, feed shells, lime and gravel. and
take the very best cure OF them in every
other respect. yet YOU don't get the all
important result tn;lt you are keeping
them for, namely, eggs.
Unless fowls can be made to lay dur
NC the winter, wheo their fruit brings
he best prices and when every family
in the land needs eggs most, the prob
lem OF keeping pou try for profit will.
MS at present, remain unSOlved. There
are thousands to-day in our land who
are struggling with this problem, and
many of them are ,lmos. discouraged
irving to solve it; and the last thing
that enters their minds as the cause of
their non success irr getting their fowls
10 lay when such good care is taken OF
them is improper ventilation. We have
not the slightest doubt but that fowls
can be so cared for in winter as to lay
equally as well as in summer; but in
order to do this we MIST study the
natures and conform to their natural
habits. Instead of doing this, however.
we are constantly trying to transform
their original and natural habits to
correspond with man ideas and views
of what he would like to have them do;
md Just so long as we continE.' in this
line we are working against ,Shat we
are trying to bring about anu thwars.
ing the accomplishment of the great
end for which we are striving.
The sub :ect of the ventilation Of poul.
trv-houses has attracted a great deal OF
attention, and yet we are far from
reach NC the desired goal, as there are
so many things to be considered. 1t
will not do TO leave openings SO that "A
draft of air will come upon the fowls; if
we do, they take cold, and that brings
on roup and canker. Ii we leave an
opening where the wind can not reach
them during the dav. it may clange in
the,night and blow directly upon them. or
,, storm may come up and in the morn
inc we find our fowls buried in a snow
bank all of which are very hurtful.
as well rs destructive of egg product. on.
How, then, shall we ventilate our
houses so as to give our fowls the
purest of air and also prevent the wind
e and snow reaching or affecting them in
: the least, no matter which way it may
blow or from what direction tae storm OF
: snow, sleet. or rain may come? We have
: been us ing the following method for sew
: eral wears and find it to be all that
can be desired: Suppose your house to
! be sixteen by twenty-four feet on the
i; ground and four to eight feet to the
; caves. At each end and in the center
n of the house run hollow tubes ten inches
), square on the inside, from within ten
y inches of the floor, perpeudicularl.y
l. through and extending above the ROOT
two feet These tubes act rs chimneys,
:. and are constantly drawing off the inn
. pure from the inside of the house
4 In cold, freez ne weather, close the
house rs tightly as possible, and the
currents of air which are constantly
passing up through these wooden ch In
news keep the air inside in a pure ana
healthy state. No matter how hard i
SHOWS. blows or rains, the process OF
; chang ne the inside air is going on con
tinualy; and whether you are asleep oil
). away from home. you have the salts
1 faction of knowing that your fowls art
J. comfortable and that no snow or draft:
!. of air can reach them, AMI also thai
}. the ventilation is complete.
v Raiser.
II Points for Ladies.