The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-11
CURTAIN-FRONT
POULTRY HOUSES
BY G.. Il Conkey

any other type, where fowls ar
kept In accord with modern poul
! try ideas. This Is natural be
. cnnse tho arrangement can be ap
piled to almost any type Of hous
that you may now have. Besides
II yon construct your curtain
! front house along the right lines
you Will eliminate the danger o
drafts while supplying your birds
with plenty Of fresh air.
While the fresh air type ol
/ poultry house previously describ
ed was practically fool proof, tn,
cnrtan.front house has ventilat
Ing openings that must be adjust
ed TO meet different weather con
ditions, and in consequence more
or less constant attention is re
CURED. Ignorance AZ to how to
make the necessary chances or ne
glect TO make the changes when
the weather conditions require it,
will mean poor results Neverihe
less, despite success depending so
much on the attention given it,
curtain.front houses are used to a
great extent by the largest and
best poultry plants. This is an
indication that where handled in
telligently, the curtain front ar.
arrangement liz a desirable house,
especially for those who feel that
a poultry house with the front
open at all times IL too extreme.
Production Of q gradual inter
change Of air between the inside
and outside of the house by means
Of porous cloth curtain is the
baslc idea of this type. In win.
ter, the cloth prevents draft, yet
at the same time, the air filters
through the meshes Of the cloth
supplying fresh Dir to the bird
DO not think that the use OF cloth
does not make cold house, for 1t
has been proven that cloth actual
~ affords the birds a better pro
lection than glass windows against
the cold.
The best cloth for the curtain
front house is q loosely woven
muslin. Cheese cloth Ia too por-
GUS In severe weather. and canvas
would be found entirely too heavy.
Openings covered with muslin
alone are not desirable because
while the white material, when
kept clean as ii must be to serve
this pnrpose, will permit certain
amount Of light to pass through,
in cold or stormy weather when
the front must be kept closed, the
house would be too dark for CON-
fort. This can be remedied by
covering the openings with win
dows but do not run 10 the other
extreme and use too much glass
because this will make the house
too warm In the day time and TOO
cold at night.
The proportion Of the front of
the honse taken by the cloth Gov
cred and the glass covered OPEN
ings will depend upon the depth
Of the building. There is no set
rule for the arrangement but an
allowance Of one go. foot of glass
to each l5 equaTe feet of floor
space In the building and twice AZ
much space given to cloth open
ings as to the glass will be about
right.
Keep the different windows or
openings in the front Of the house
from % to 5 feet above the floor
30 az to allow the winter sunshine
to penetrate we'll to the rear of
the building, but this plan would
have to be modified II the build
Ing were low, say under 6 feet.
Where you have an extra large
deep house, place few long mar
row windows. close to the roof
above the regular openings on the
front. This will permit more
light and sunshine to reach the
rear OF the house, and ut the same
time, opening these windows In
the summer gives good outlet at
the high point Of the building for
the escape Of excessive heat.
Cloth openings are composed Of
cloth tackled to frame Of 1x3
inch strips, these frames being
hinged at the top 30 that they
may be swung up inside the build
ing and hooked to the ceiling III
pleasant weather. This will per.
NIT plenty Of flesh air to enter the
and the only time the
fowls would not be comfortable
would be 10 the coldest and storm
lest OF weather.
At night when the weather is
severe, close the front Of the
house bnt do not depend on the
cloth openings for ventilation ex
cept when the weather Ia consid
ersbly below the freezing point.
In mild weather keep the win
dows open . little at night but al
ways make sure no draft Will
strike the birds when they are Al