The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-06
SANITARY HOMES raR
FOWLS IS NECESSITY
Providing Hens with Proper Quar-
ters First Step in Profitable Egg
Production.

CLEMSON COLLEGE, Nov. 5.-The
first step 10 be taken in the direction
of profitable egg production In South
Carolina, according to +. G. Hare,
poultry. husbandmnn Of Clemson Col.
lege, Is to provide O sanitary poultry
house for, :. fowls, - Uprto-dase
hens. with modern efficiency, methods
OF manufacturing eggs, require .snod-
orn conveniencesp in their homes
Just as much as do up-to-date people
and they twill not do good work if
made. to live In what might be called
chicken slums.n Mr., Hare has out
lined in simple form what is. .ijust the
thing In poultry house. construction
for South Carolina and somo or these
directions follow. -
Z 2 III ::..,i - :, sisJ5T air. rInrti; VINO mas the
reputation OF knowing what to say
when the subject of conversation Is
poultry houses. --remddei your poul-
try house, H necessary. and make it
conformi to South Carolina condi-
tions, undeS (which, fowls. reauire an
openrfront, tdraft-prppf shouse in win
ter and as cool q honsej as possible
In summer. IL you want to build,
erect an inexpensive house closed
tight on tho east and west sides
talso on the north side In winter)
and open on the, south or front, A
good size TO accomodate forty fowls
Is 10 feet long, by 5 feet wide, with
the studs 8 feet high in front and
. feet ahigE In the reani The 10-foot
side 8 feet high faces, Soutih
Cover tils eonth front With a.
inch mesh wire netting, with the ex-
ception or feet at the bottom, which
board up TO prevent winds from
blot ing in ,cn the fowls. II you do
not need to keep out. rats or spar
rows You can use inch mesh wire
netting. Which is cheaper than the
smaller mesh. A door q a-2 feet
wide Is placed at either end OF the
front and covered with wire mating
and, boards. Before completing the
rear (north1 side. make three wood
feet long for the upper half OF the
len doors q feet wide and abort 9
wall. Hinge Them outside TO drop
down and coyef the Openings with
wire netting. These back doors
- must asti iats ele7ed light In cold weather,
but by opening them in summer the.
hot air inside the house is removed
by the draft created and the house.
Iis much cooler than one with NO
cireuIaticns L ~, s ~.
- Have the roosts and nests remoy-
able. Small packing boxes from the
grocery store with clean straw and
asseotiple OF nest eggs in them are
more sanitary than nests built under
the dropboari or nailed 10 the house
where they cannot be readily cleaned
Nail four laths to the boxes. raise
them oha foot from the ground and
place them against the WALL Six
nests are Huff Recent. II Is u sSss h
Two roosts tabont 10 fcst Long are
REQUIRED, made of 3 by Zach dressed
lnnlbey with the corhers OF the 2-
inch face Ton which the fowls roostl
ny32 feet long to the side walls, with
fnches deep cut In them III Inches
apart, these being for the roosts To-
rest ih. The two ro6sta are ieyei1
.tnct one shove the other. : which
canses 1ghting for possession or the
top roost) With the upper edge s0;
inchab above the sui; and the rear
Tu0sF 40 i1iCnes frusi INC - 1lurin VIII. Va ~
The esirorboard Is 80 inches wide bvI
about 10 feet long, placed 6 iffche a
below the bottom of the; bottom pa1
the r61sts. Clean on the drcppings
et least once "a week. g ROO s3t s.
Keep scratching material on the
n0or Al dry earth door Is astssfac-
tory. I'LL 81 with garden soil 90 that
1t IL higher than the outside ground.
then cover II with o inches Of straw.
pfnH straw, lesSeg, Hitter pkany kind
on ghayingsy Place the water dish
on i box Of shslt soe snilfelent size
for the hens 60 sE1ni on It. II order
90 keep the water clean OF litter and
The hoeses is now Completed and
ssady for the fowls, bilk "a feiiipd-
ling an old house M IN fSes M
WHICH mites can hide. n Is Is ecessa-2
to cover tie interior Win xeafyl
hnil paT "a fas tened on With laths.
When finished ji,aewasSh thA walls
and tho house wii be BON mite
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