Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-26
Az OHIO POULTRY HOUSE.

A warm, comfortable poultry house
is what every farmer needs il he wants
eggs thr. ugh the winter. The best
sycr saw Is owned by farmer here,
Mfr. John Goul, who invented it him
self. There is no patent on IL, it only
costs SIS, and any farmer can make
one.
The size is Is by 20 feet. You want
10 good posts. 10 by 10, set firm in the
ground--4 rows, in q row, and have
the center Of the building the largest
so that there will be hall On the vest
side: In this hall have the feed. Have
Q row Of boxes - placed for nests that
the hens can come Oh from roost into
them. Have lids 70 boxes 10 raise, put
on with staples aud twisted wire. which
makes . perfect hinge. Have bottom
Of box put on same way, fastening " ID
a hook. Center of building is II feet
high to roof; west side feet; east side
5 feet.
Have Q platform made of smooth
boards to run from north TO south,
shape of letter A, steep enough TO
have ali the dropPings fall on II and
roll 10 the bottom, and there have boxes
length OF platform for droppings TO roll
into. Have iron rods screwed on plat
form, bent like a bracket; on these last
en- roos,ing poles.
Now make another short platform,
TO run from bottom Of Ia re platform
to first roosting pole, with cleats fast
C ed on so that the poultry wi | not slip
aud break their necks. In the center
OF this, or under this platform, you viii
have space to feed, and Ia space on east
side.
ON south side are three doors. The
one at tie left is into feed room or
Kitchen, where you keep feed and have
boxes fastened Tor nests, where you get
your eggs. The middle door IS where
the poultry 60 In to roost; IL opens
near platform. and there you can clean
out the house. The right-hand door
opens into the dining-room, where you
10 to feed and have boxes fastened up
next to roost for eggs. From dining
room to sitting-roon there are two
small doors, one at south end, one at
north cnd-these doors about by /,
opening from lower end of platform on
each end into the diniag-room hung
with hinges. There are also Two doors
from kitchen to rocst.
The west side has no windows, nor
do the three doors in south end, but
believe II would be good thing to have
snail windows in each door-it would
let IN warm sunshine. In The north
end there is i Jor that opens ~ that
end OF the roost-a large door. So that
YOU can clean that side of the box.
Two windows in north end and one IN
east nd-two in east end would be
better. al windows should be pro-
teeted on the inside with wires put on
crossing each other and securely fs t
ened.
Have a park on east end for little
chicks, with plenty Of coops, and have
door in east side of house for chick
ems TO enter. Have stove and CHM
| fey, and, In terribly cold weather, q
| tire. Have a good shingle roof: win
q )ws TO slide, 20 as to ventiiate: slid
ing wooden laiches on oil doors. Have
| the roosting room twice as large as the
| other rooms. Have . floor in kitchen.
| Have kitchen Is feet long, about wide;
I platform feet wide; feeding room
ieet vide and Is feet long. That would
make Is Is by @.-lCountry Gentle
man.
We have the dining-room up stairs
| as also a row Of nests. This plan here
given, though. has the merit Of clean
liness and cheapness. both desirable il
poultry are to pay good return upon
investment.