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Title: Open-air poultry houses for all climates; a practical book on modern common sense poultry housing for beginners and veterans in poultry keeping. What to build and how to do it. Houses that will promote health, vigor and vitality in laying and breeding stock
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Woods, Prince Tannat, 1870-
Subjects: Poultry Housing
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., American poultry journal publishing co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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sides of this house are boarded up and down and arepainted. No paper or shingles are used on sides. Roof is coveredwith roofing fabric. Fig. 20 is from a photo taken on January 26, 1911, a cold,cloudy day with frequent showers during the latter part. Thisview shows the south front and east end of building with a partial a: ng. 3. * CkRQUA/Z) i> < - — to ? / Fig. 19. Ground plan showing dimensions of floor, middle partitionand location of roosts and drop boards, Gillette open-air poultry house. view of the interior. A part of the flock are enjoying the scratch-ing litter which is used in sheltered places OUTSIDE of the house.Mr. Gillette prefers sand for the floors inside of the house andlikes to use litter outside. The whole straw, containing the grainjust as harvested, is thrown outside of house and the birds workin it most of the day. Fig. 21 is from a photo taken on the same day and shows aline lot of sturdy White Plymouth Rock breeders enjoying a wind- FOR ALL CLIMATES 71
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Fig1. 21. Windbreak of corn stover used with Gillette houses at SugarBrook Farm, Central Village, Conn. Fine outdoor exercise for thebreeders in winter. 72 OPEN-AIR POULTRY HOUSES break of corn stover stacked against a wire fence. In this shel-tered place the fowls get abundant outdoor exercise and it helpsgreatly in getting well-fertilized strong-germed eggs. Mr. Gil-lette tells me that he is a great believer in the benefits from thissort of exercise and he plans each fall to have either a straw stackor stover stack for each houseful to work about. It certainlybeats working in litter indoors where the fowls kick up a greatdust to the injury of their breathing apparatus. The outdoor lit-ter is washed by the rain, dried and sweetened by the sun and sokept sweet. They have but little heavy snow in this part of Con-necticut and the fowls can enjoy the outdoor straw stack and lit-ter throughout the winter. Although the houses are not very farapart and there are 150 breeders allowed to eac

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