Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-08
GOOD POULTRY HOUSE.
How TO Select Site for the Building and
How to Construct 1t.


While the intelligent poultry man is
getting plenty of eggs in the winter, it
stimulates the less thoughtful to make
some good resolutions, if no more. We
often hear people say, when eggs are
worth eighteen TO twenty cents per
dozen, that next summer they must
build a poultry house. To all such the
following details may be of use.
In locating the site for your building
select. if possible, side hill that slopes
gently to the south. This secures nat
ural drainage, provided the earth is
thrown up against the north wall, to
form surface drain. Solar influence
will be Of great advantage in this loca-
ton, in melting away the snow several
weeks in advance of adjacent fields and
exposing previously sown forage crop
for the early use of the fowls. The mo-
ment fowl can secure a part of her
own living, that moment the profits
viii increase in ratio. If side hill
can not be found without going too
far from the house, the next best
selection is a ridge running east and
west Build on the southern slope.
One end of your pouitry-house should
come to the lane that is traversed
in going from the house to the barn.
This will save large amount of
labor, and labor saved IS money
earned. where the labor is as dear as it
is with us. But in level countries it is
necessary TO build on level ground; but
do not commit the common error of
building first and grading afterwards;
grade first. Plow back furrow good
and deep. going east and west at least
three times the width Of your building.
But be careful to open up surface
drain, that no water will stand or set
tie about your buildings. SO much de-
ponds upon the selection of ground
that | would emphasize this part of the
work. 1t is impossible to keep fowls
in a healthy, thriving condition in
damp. wet weather.
AS to the foundation. dig a trench
below the action of frost, and fill it
with small stones. Size up the wall to
face on the inside of the sill, to make
good, strong wall, as far as the surface
of the grade. Then make a set-of the
size of your building. outside, for the
double purpose OF preventing rats Dig
cling down the wall and gaining an en-
trance, and for the room saved on the
inside-ground room is what tells in
the poultry business. If a side hill can
be found for q site. it is first choice. and
has one important advantage over all
others. BY excavating to the depth Of
two feet, aud throwing the earth out on
the north side. an embankment of three
feet can be had at small expense. Thus
subterranean heat is provided for.
which aids greatly in keeping up uni
form temperature, and obviates the ex-
pensive use of artificial heat The
foundation wall on the north side in
this case should be three feet higher
than the south wall. The wall around
should be ten or twelve inches above
the grade. to preserve the framework.
and for the purpose of banking up
with coarse gravel for the use of the
fowls at all times in the year..
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