The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-02-16
A MODEL IIENHoCsE

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q small! scale, acquiring knowledge b1
ooservat.on, reading and experience.
INC other day a fashionable vouno
lacy stopped me on the road and told
me shc was about to embark in tn .
Po"iery business. and wanted to ia Tx
poultry. This lady, belonging to one
OF the oldest and wealthiest f,mi1;as
! IN our township, was making actual
| pre- paratlons to take UP the chicken
business for profit and occupatio, M
'ouo1 rearing she might come to want
some day. But admirinr her e-en,,ir.
aH?io-Saxon grit. 1 bid her Gods peed
TOLD her she had better go out to Ma
pie valley Farm" my boarding house
and talk to a certuin lady Of mvac.
qua 1ntance residing there, and get
chucS 1ull of chicken enthusiasm.
And out she went. learned i.ta.
that eggs. this winter, are to he nlen.
tier, IT not cheaper. from an Overdose
of hen enthusiasm
This 1andlady OF whom sne.L ;s
ana always has been, an excellent
pouitry-ralser. 1 am fully persuaded |
That women are better adante,l T., |
poultry raising than we men folks are
nave watched this particular woman
~ tne business, and she has often told
me mat was too awkward for INV
thlng about the henhouse, and was
oetter calculated to build henhouses.
and raise feed for ~. |
hens and chicks. than to care for tbo,n
"hen a woman says 4 thing she
means It. and L took her at her word
o1nce that hour I have only watched
ne aodns operandi q sort of chief
,xeeutlve OF the hen department.
'ullt a henhouse, and have renro.
|uced 1t on paper. What is wanted
lo"aoaEs is a respectable appearing
'ouse. roomy and not expensive and
I the same time comfortably warm.
would start my building with eight
' GU posts set 21s feet in ground,
attn about 6 inches above surface '
II these posts lay edge wise four exc .
eHlock Joists. spiked and toe-nailed to $
osts in rectangular shape 1oxe4 feet
1th an upright 2x4 stuiding at each i
os1' OK height to make the building 8 .
e. 10 square from top of post to -
ate. y plato of ex4 studdine should \
IN around this structure. II
Inc franc, after being. squared uo u
urobed- and braced. should h. II
Gather boarded with surface hem ST
ch ana Well battened on outside.
;o' ana windows should be placed, as u ~
inca ted, with one window just oppo- n
e the entrance door and either wired di
latticed for protection tn
The overhead platforms for ca&,bin, w
'Pplnss from roost should also BE- RI
de OF cheap hemlock, and roostinp X
rs conveniently adjusted above the OF
lros SO a scraper can be worked Ee
adhy. The partitions are made Of WE
mary 1ath. latticed together, with Gu
RS to allow ent trance to either side oil
rtment or left ajar for laying room les
closed for Matching. na
should prefer single roof or slate tn or
ia excessive heat during summer. bill
Ie cools quickly after the heat If ter
sun leavesit. A lining of sone rood ren
nln-proof material adds some toex- for
Sc but very greatly to the comfort or
profit of the fowls. The Interior ten
ne house should be raised By filling rea
last six inches above the outs;de ish
md with tightly-fitting boards on gol
r edge at base of building. to
,sts can be distributed over III. be
&c to suit the needs of the fowls nal.
convenient climbers adjusted a. -
part of center room, as indicated wan
e illustration. One of the rooms yer,
De left o1e where less room and ex est ,
are required, leaving a building date
ks, which would be large enough pres
a flock of fifty hens or even spit,
publ
reason Tor constructing out ~ the
ock is that that material can he Bud,
'ased at from $12 to S14 per NJ. thou
would make the cost of construc- Now
It least one-tfird less than ont ~ to st
ne apest pine, and last just as long Este
box equally as we'll. Will