The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-24

A. A. y, in the dotted squares rep
resent the windows or their location
in the front of the house. b, b, is
sided up solid to the line running
from & to b one and one-half feet
high.
The line running from C to G is the
top of a four-feet high poultry netting
which runs the entire length of the
house.
There is a drop curtain arranged in
each room to come down next to this
wire in stormy weather or cold nights.
From c.. G, to top of the house is
planked up solid except the windows,
as shown in A, A, A,-D, d, d, the
nest boxes under the dropping board
N.
There are two rows of nestS-One
facing the scratching shed, the other
facing the right-hand room. A trap
nest may be arranged very convenient
ly here.
r is a drop curtain in front of the
roosts in the winter department,
which is to be let down at night. F
is the roosting poles in h winter
quarters.
G is the roosting poles in the sum-
mer roosting quarters.
H, II, the doors of poultry netting.
| the little door that leads from the
scratching shed to the end room.
j, cut straw scattered on the floor
of the scratching shed in which to
scatter wheat, rye. oats and corn.
X, the dust boX.
l., the drinking fountain.
NJ, NJ, NJ. the floor which should be
of sand and gravel.
\, the dropping board in winter
rOOsting department.
A house of these dimensions should
be nine feet in front and seven feet
tall in the rear. 1t may be made of
any stuff at hand, or to suit the
builder.
Many successful pOultrymen prefer
dirt floors, but unless these are prop
erly constructed they will become
damp and muddy and a source OF
great annoyance to the person iT
charge of the flock and q danger tC
the health of the birds themselves. 4
dirt floor should be filled in above
the level of the ground at least -four
inches with very coarse sand or grave
or broken rock and on top of thi,
: three OF four inches of light soil, tn
| whole covered with a heavy cOatins
; of dry sand.
A floor Of this kind will resis
! ~dampness unless the house is bull
{ in a low or swampy place. No matte
where located the ground should b.
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house on the outside. OF course tn
: ideal dry dirt floor is made by frs
? laying filed drains at the depth O
} about six inches, eighteen inches
: eighteen inches apart the entir
length of the house, extending out o
each side from six to eight feet. Thi
will absolutely prevent dampness.
The Open-frOnt houses may b
: adapted to the small flock of tn
" fin rm or To anV nmh her of bird n
> simply multiplying the units. TIL
form of poultry house has been trte
" in all climates and has prOven nor
) satisfactory than any other.
In the extreme northern State
where the thermometer falls to mar
degrees below zero it is VII to pre-
tect the birds at night by a thin mu!
lin curtain attached to a roller whic
may be rolled up during the day al
let down at night but in modera'
climates this protection is no tat a
! necessary. A muslin curtain shou'
! be of such teXture that the air M
pass through it, otherwise draugh
will he caused and ~draughts are pos
] lively the most harmful condition
! that can affect poultry.
! The Open-front curtained poult
/ house has been thoroughly tried at II
! experiment stations of Maine. Mimi
! sofa. Montana and in other Stat
I where the temperature falls to 20 d
4 &rees or mora below zero, and wi
4 excellent success.
In those localities where there
little snowfall but excessive moistu
during the winter months the curtai
H. should be left off for in these cas-
they are sure to hold dampneSS in t
house.
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