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SAUNDERS, PLAN o: One of Severai One of the chief requ which should embrace the 1. Suitability to tlie < That portion of t jiingle thickness of b< If the lumber us* The roof may leS Beside the roosti male bird L, which of The nests, as wi in adopting this dis shelter a larger numl A single hiad of 220 feet, lumber SOO feet of boarc 1 window frame 1 roll building p 12 yards of cotto 6 yards of poulti 15 clap-boards. Roofing. i Moulding (10 lej' Hardware 81.25^ The descriptions- cotton-fronted poult and profitable. ; Movable win Protecting w ', Cotton front, Roosting pen Protecting col Position of ci Nests, li. Passage lead i. Hind door of Steps leading' Platform tier Roosts. Male pen. m. Double boar n. Double wall; J- J'- k. 1. •^-1 Poultry Circular No. 7. CHXTRAL 1:XP1:RIM1:\TAL FARM. OTTAWA. CANADA. WM. SAUNDCRS. I>,r.,t.„ A. C. GILBCRT I/,.,,.,,,,- POULTRY DIVISION. VICTOR rORTICR, .1.-/. !/.<.., PLAN OP COTTON -FRONT POULTRY HOUSE. X-^-' O.NE <>i' Sk\ Kii.\i. I'.\rri;itx- on 'riiivi, in rui; I'oii.tuv Djvi.-iiiin di- ii. ' ('i;\iit.\[, I;m'KUImi:nt\i K\i,M. / f One of the oliicf rcfiuiVites of i)rolital)Ie poultry k.'epinj; in Canada is a ^yte of liou-- «liich should enil)ra('e tlie following features :~- ' 1. Suitability to tlie cliinitie condition.-! i>f tlic (litTcront provinci's. 2. ('hcapness in construclion. .'!. Tieedoui from dampncsj. wliieli is tseeured by proper ventilation, 'liiia pre.sfrves the f,'ood health of the birdH. 4. With Sovitliern facing; -with a window or window-i on this side of the house, to admit HuiLshiiie in the winter. ."i. .VtTordini; eoinfmrative warmth to the iinuates duriii;; winter iiij;litH in the colder di.-^triets. t). Which will b- '" dy to permit of a jirotltable cfjx yield diain^' winter, the sea>on of highe.-it price.-. .V Si jr uii.i; I'l.vn m I'm i.ihy IIoisk. Anions .siver.d pattern.-* of poultry hou.se which have been on trial in our poultry division during rec. nt years, none lias come nearer to fullilling the conditions enumerated above than that of the poultry house with cotton front, diagrams and particulars of wliich are given as follows : This hen house with cotton front, measures 10 feet by V2, and offers sufficient space to accommodate 20 laying hens. These dimensions can be modilied without any inconvenience, and by making it l."> feet by '.'O if coidd easily shelter ."lO bird-". Section 1$ I! H at the south side, is covered with cotton C. The (•otton should be pro- tected on the outside by a covering nf wire netting of two inch mesh. Wntilation is obtained by the air paa«ing through the cotton (' and lO, and the light or sun-shine, which is ab.sohitely neeessitry to the well-being of the birds, is admitted through the window .\. In order to prevent the obstruct ion of the p >res of ventilation, the cotton frames ('and E shouM be kept as clean as possible. It will be necessary then to remove fre(iuently the dust and grit, which in due course will gather on the cotton C and E. It is most es.sential that the roo-ting quarters should be aa comfortable and well- appointetl as p ssible. Sullieicnt warmth and comfort in the roosting jien ,vM( key t" auccefs, with the cold poultry hou.se. Conscfiuently the roosting pen I) mu.st be warmer than the rest of the hou.se, otherwise, in certain j)arts of the country, the hens would freeze. M'e therefore ree'>mmcnd ;he con- struction of that portion of the liouse, but that portion only, with a double ply of luiiiher. with building paper on both sides of the scantling, N N N. The platform j" nliouid be coii^lructtHl witii two piy of imaniing u liiinul any .spico between. That iKirtion of the roof (> should bo Imilt in tl\o same manner an the xul.f, OOO, of a f^ingli' thicknese of Iwarilin^?. If the lumlKT UM!<1 is not tonpiifd and grooved, it is advisable to cliip-board the outside. The roof may 1 e covcreil with shiiiifle« or moliii); paper. liopi.le the r.MHliiiK pen D (horizoiilal plan' we have placeil special .|"art.T-. for the malebi-.l I., which of course should not !«• k.'pt couliniHl theredurinK extremely eold weather. The Uivtx. an will he r.marked, are plact> ublc boarded tloor with paper, 1>. .uble walls and rcpof with 2 inch air space, .Single walls and rouf. Dash l)oaid. Cornice. l'.iitiaii.'e plitiorm. :! x 4 ft. Door of poultry house. Moilern fx ultry house, with (■ottoii front.— IVoiit view. Vertical connection tlirough \ li. Si(U' vii'w. t^ca/, ,,/• ^ /ncA to tAf /^f lloii/ontal cniss-sectioii tlirougli C 1>.