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Open-Air Poultry Houses For All Climates
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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
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American Poultry Journal Publishing Company. Chicago, IL
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Henry B. Prescott, practical poultryman, Derry, N. H., believes in fresh air for poultry of all ages. His remarks concerning chicks are of interest: "An abundance of good vitalized air is an important factor in poultry raising. The fresh air chick comes into the world with an especially good lease on life for he is possessed of one of the most valuable qualities in man or beast, that of power of resistance or disease resisting ability. When we want a fire to burn more freely we open the drafts and allow a free contact of the air with the fuel; when we want the best development of the chick or better results with adult fowls, we must see to it that the supply of oxygen is unlimited. The best way to do this is to let the chick live in the fresh air from hatching time to maturity." Page 26
Dr. C. Bricault, Lawrence, Mass., says: "I was a warm-house advocate at first, but when I saw the good effects of the open house I adopted it and I would not go back to the closed house. I have tried open-front houses over twelve years, so am in a position to judge." Page 27
Dr. C. Bricault, Lawrence, Mass., says: "I was a warm-house advocate at first, but when I saw the good effects of the open house I adopted it and I would not go back to the closed house. I have tried open-front houses over twelve years, so am in a position to judge." Page 27
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