Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-09-05


Au1..J4-t> 81 Tue colony Plan are.
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... uu ttrcu~p for f,ui,-. tA.rI.
. ~ ..-- need for r.Dau~ az
t.. . % cleanliness uaI providing
~o. supplies ~ aumH. and ve-e
..-.. teI during suMmcr months
u luvn,vg mas the following
.ta-rs. FIRST. extra cost Of Ia
.. N CARING for fowls in stormy
.v,u-. .r. uarn it will often lee difficult
20 -at a,ou Il 90 feed and care for the
fowls r.-u,aI.t. second houses built
ON .la colony plan if built ATS web. cost
no.. than continuous house Of the
Sane ,am,i'y. for partitions, which
MAY ice constructed largely OF wire
uet.rE are much cheaper than two
erI wallis; tmI. the colony plan al
/ lows hut about 100 birds per acre.
willie the continuous house system.
! Will suitable yards, allows 100 to 900
birds uer acre.
The FIRST consideration in locating
. buildings is a suitable location for the
poultry house or houses If possible
= natural drainage away from the
building. for damp ground means cold
/ ground If the house can he built in
the lee of a wiudbreak or a hill or in
front of farm buildings. so much the
better a dry. porous soil such as
sandy or gravc,ly loan. is preferable
to a clay soil. for the former is more
I in,
| il is impracticable to select soil that
IS naturally sry the soil should he made
dry by thorough undertakings \
purely sandy soil should not be Sc
iected
As sunlight and warmth are essen
tial to success. the buildings should
face the south Other things being
equal. they will be warmer and drier.
When Il direct southern exposure can
not he obtained IA southeastern is pref
erable to southwestern exposure,
for fowls seem to prefer morning to
afternoon sun. A gentle slope facing
the south is the most suitable.
1t is best to build the houses during
the spring or early summer. for then
they have time to dry out during the
hot days. Lumber is often rather damp
and should be thoroughly dried out be-
fore winter. Cement floors and foun-
dalton walls will also have an oppor-
tunity to dry thoroughly. and thus
may be avoided much OF the dampness
so often attributed to them.
The size Of the building required Will
| In ~ n
TO be kept and on the size of the hocks
From forty to fifty seems to be about
rs many as is safe and economical to
keep together. With flocks of this size
about five square feet of floor space
should be allotted to each bird, which
will suffice In most cases where care
full attention Is given to cleanliness
and ventilation. If the fowls are kept
in smaller fiocks more floor space per
bird will be needed. Where the eli
mate is so mild that it is unnecessary
to keep the fowls confined, except for
a few days at time, less space per
bird will be sufficient The smaller
breeds, being more active and restless,
require about as much room as the
, |
For the greatest amount of floor
space for the least cost a building
should be square. for. other things be-
ing equal. the nearer square house
is the less lumber it will take. 1t is.
however. out of the question to have a
II large house built square.
The building should not be so wide
. that the sun cannot reach the back Of
the house. otherwise it will be damp
Fourteen feet is a convenient width If
there are no alleyways.
The house should be built as low as
possible without danger of the at
PENDANTS bumping their heads against
the ceiling. low house ia more east
IL warmed than a high one.
Whom permonent houses are IN he
\ hpi,t II 10 usually most economical to
eract Thorn IN foundations made of
brick stone or concrete Those should
] no hu;lt deem enough TO prevent heav.