Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1908 — Poultry House Ventilation. [ARTICLE]

Poultry House Ventilation.

It is a very difficult matter to ventilate a poultry house without causing draughts of air on the fowls at night. The proper mode Is to keep thg poultry house clean, leave the doors open during the day, and shut the house at night, allowing no ventilation at all. We have found that it is very difficult to keep the fresh alf froifi coming in, and itJs a Fact that Ihtihy takS pains to render the poultry housS whrffi gfia comfortable, by stopping all cracks and crevices, and by lining the house with paper, make a hole in the roof or gable ends, which they style a "ventilator,” and thus let in more cold than they desire. .. Xhere is not a~s much foul air jn a poultry house as may be supposed. The severe cold renders all gases hQavy, and less volatile matter exists. JPUI poultry house with smoke, and close the door; then step outside and notice where it escapes. You yvill at once be convinced that you need no “ventilator/’ and that despite all our precautions, your house is full of air holes that you cannot easily close, and your birds are liable to roup and other disease. ;