Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1919 — POULTRY HOUSE NEEDS SUNLIGHT [ARTICLE]

POULTRY HOUSE NEEDS SUNLIGHT

In building the poultry house arrangements should be made to allow plenty .of sunshine to enter. In the shed-roof type of house it pays to allow the sunshine to strike beneath the dropping boards. A housg 18 feet deep can be constructed four and a half feet in back and eight and onehalf feet in front and other depths can be made in the same proportions. The front should then have four-foot curtains'along the front and this will allow an abundance of sunshine to strike all portions of the house. Also have the windows about two feet down from the top of the house. One of the causes of disease in the poultry house is damp litter. It is expensive to .change the litter often and for this reason as much sunshine as possible should be allowed to enter to keep the scratching material from becoming damg and musty. Sunshine is the cheapest disinfectant that the poultryman can use and whenever possible it should be used to the fullest extept.