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10 HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECT TON A Weekly Page fifHY ARE poultry houses neces- sary? The wild jungle fowls could very well get along with out protection from the elements and Xtatural enemies. They were adapted to the climates, and surroundings, and in every way fit to survive with out artificial protection. The jungle fowls were what our wild birds are today, and were living and breeding hi a like manner. Our different classes and breeds, however, have only a slight resem blance to the jungle fowl; they have been domesticated and moved from their natural haunts into various cli mates and locations. The fact that they have been domesticated is the reason that, in order to have them do their best, artificial shelter in the form of poultry houses are neces sary. Three important factors are neces sary to consider in constructing a poultry house. They are comfort to the fowls, comfort to the attendant, and cost of construction and up-keep. The comfort of the fowls is real ized in a house provided with an abundance of fresh air without drafts, plenty of sunshine, a dry in terior and sufficient room. Essentials to Good Poultry House. The comfort of the attendant is Realized in a house built high enough So all the necessary work can be done Jnside, without stooping or bumping his head; large enough to make it feasible to use some of the various labor-saving devices, in the care of the flock; warm enough in the win ter to comfortably do the necessary jwork, and cool enough in summer So as not to he obliged to sweat blood Jn the proper care of the flock. The cost of construction and up keep in a poultry house is realized by a well planned, plain, inexpensive, and yet solidly constructed building. Beware of the fancy constructed buildings. They are, as a rule, too expensive, do not provide the neces sary factors of a good poultry house, and require much expense and labor to keep them up to the original ap pearance. There are today entirely too many fancy and improperly con structed poultry houses. It is much better policy to have a $100 poultry house with a $500 flock Inside, than a $500 house protecting a $100 flock, rriuiitive Poultry Shelters. One of the oldest and most primi tive types of poultry shelters or coop3 was an A-shaped affair made out of slats. These coops were gen' erally located where they were pro tected by the farm buildings, or un der a tree. Still another primitive style, but a much more undesirable form of construction for a poultry shelter, was a corner fenced in by wire net ting in the darkest corner of the farm barn. On some farms, although yery scarce, this kind of a poultry shelter is still used. One of the greatest reasons why It Is not any more in as general use, is not be cause it was found an unsatisfactory way of housing poultry, but because the fowls were found to be a nui sance in the barn, and the lice and mites raised hob with the cows and horses. "Warm Poultry Houses. Practical experience and repeated experiments have proven that very warm poultry houses are not desir able. Artificially wanned poultry houses, for mature stock, either for heavy egg production for market or for fertile egg3 for hatching has been a complete failure. Artificially warmed poultry houses have a tendency to undermine the constitutional vigor of a flock. It is much better to have a house a trifle cold than than too warm. The proper temperature for a poultry house is one that allows the fowls and at tendant to feel comfortable. Fowls accustomed to a low temperature can comfortably bear a much lower tem perature, than fowls not accustomed o it. Location for the Poultry House. The best location is the south side of a gravelly knoll, which affords excellent water and air drainage. Here the water and air drainage will be good and at the same time the of Poultry Hints poultry house will be protected some from the severe north winds.. In a house located where the surface wa ter collects, the floor is sure to be damp. All successful poultrymen know that a damp floor is one of the worst conditions to have, in a chick en house. For this reason,, when se lecting a site for a poultry house, choose a location a little higher than the surrounding ground. A good poultry house should be as simple in construction as possible. Absolutely no fancy work of any de scription. A good many put in fancy door frames and unnecessary window casings. These are absolutely worth less except for appearance, and ap pearances will certainly never make hens lay. FEEDING THE CHICKEN. CHIEF among the different ele ments necessary for a balanced ration are Proteids, Carbohy drates, Animal Foods, Vegetable Foods. Proteids So called because they are high in proteid matter, embrace the following: Cottonseed meal, flax meal, linseed meal, gluten meal, brewers' dried grains, malt sprouts, wheat bran, middlings, etc, Because these foods are high in protein, you must not feed too heavy, because the system will absorb or assimilate just so much; over that will cause bowel and other troubles. Some foods con tain too much protein. Carbohydrates These embrace such starchy foods and heating foods as corn, cornmeal, cob meal, hominy meal, ground oats, barley, buck wheat, etc. Feed these mixed, or a different variety for each meal. They furnish the fuel for the body, keep ing it in warmth, keeping the "steam up," one might call it. If fed too excessively, it will cause over-fatness. Animal Food These are com posed, in part, of the following: Milk, beef scrap, blood meal, green bone, etc. These foods are by far the rich est of the lot, and are essential for egg production. Milk is most excel lent of all; beef scrap easily ob tained; green bone, the most danger ous of all, as it is very easy to put a fowl off its feed by its use. Green foods are alfalfa meal, clov er meal, sprouted grains, cabbage, beets, etc. All domestic fowls should have some green food to balance the ration. It is very essential. The most important part in feed ing, is not what, but how much, and how often is the question. Six ounces of feed daily should be the required amount of feed supplied to fowls that are laying. Do not forget that oyster shells, charcoal and grit are also very much needed and cannot be dispensed wjth. Green cut bone, If fed with care, is very valuable and is resultant in a full egg basket if it does not cause bowel trouble. THE SICK FOWL. THE SICK FOWL is always an especially hard proposition to come up against. Poulterers should know and realize that it Is easier and wiser to watch for the first symptoms of disease than it is to check or cure it when it has come. The fowl has peculiar digestive or gans. Whatever is to reach them must first go into the crop, and the crop is apt, in case of disease, to stop its operation the first thing, so that medicines find difficulty in get ting into circulation and doing their part in healing. DISINFECTING. DO NOT suppose that because you have sprinkled or sprayed even the best disinfectants over the roosts and houses, you have really achieved a removal of the evils. To really disinfect, a house must be swept, walls, floor, roof; the air must have a good chance to do its sweeping through it; light must be let in, and then every square inch of the space occupied by the fowls must be made dripping wet with the disin fecting solution. It is easily possible to get too little. It is not so easy to get too much. The foe of the fowl is the Insect lice and mites. 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