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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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ever seen for the middleand eastern states, where they have cold winters, and very hotnights in summer, and it is equally good for this coast. The roostsare in the rear, where the fowls are well back from the open front,and during the hot weather the ventilation through the openwindows* (in the monitor top) makes the roosting section quitecomfortable. The windows in top, together with the large windowopposite the door, furnish plenty of light and allow the sun to 56 OPEN-AIR POULTRY HOUSES shine in rear part of house. I can think of nothing which wouldadd to the value, comfort and convenience of this, the very latestand best plan yet offered. It would serve admirably as a con-tinuous house. * * * These houses are no experiment. Theyhave been thoroughly tested alongside of curtain-front and closedhouses by a large number of our leading breeders and most ofthe agricultural experiment stations and have proved their worthby the egg yield, better fertility and general health of the flocks/
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DE. P. T. WOODS IMPEOVED OPEN-AIE POULTEY HOUSE.Pig. 11.—Front view of completed house, snowing south front and westside ready for painting. Holes are to be cut in boarded part of each sideof front end for:,poultry doors. Wire front is shown in place. Owing torapid development of the White Eock chicks it was necessary to movethem into this house before it Was finished. (Photo by Dr. Woods.) Sidney S. Morris, Berwyn, Pa., says: I consider a house ofthis type perfect and shall never build any other kind. Frank W. Floyd, Birmingham, Mich., built a number of Woodshouses, set them up on posts, made rat proof with inverted metalpars on top of posts, provided double board floors for houses andlikes this style of building very much. He has also built a longhouse of same type. FOR ALL CLIMATES 57 Ralph E. Woods, Shelton, Xeb., built small colony bouse ofthis type and reported very satisfactory results. George Gelly, Xokomis, 111., reported for a 10x16-foot Woodshouse, winter of 1909, fowls w

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