MAKING A
POULTRY HOUSE
THE
HOUSE & GARDEN
MAKING
BOOKS
It is the intention of the publishers to makethis series of little volumes, of which Makinga Poultry House is one, a complete library ofauthoritative and well illustrated handbooksdealing with the activities of the home-makerand amateur gardener. Text, pictures anddiagrams will, in each respective book, aim tomake perfectly clear the possibility of having,and the means of having, some of the moreimportant features of a modern country orsuburban home. Among the titles alreadyissued or planned for early publication are thefollowing: Making a Rose Garden; Making aLawn; Making a Tennis Court; Making a Fireplace;Making Paths and Driveways; Makinga Rock Garden; Making a Garden with Hotbedand Coldframe; Making Built-in Bookcases,Shelves and Seats; Making a Garden to BloomThis Year; Making a Water Garden; Makinga Garden of Perennials; Making the GroundsAttractive with Shrubbery; Making a NaturalizedBulb Garden; with others to be announcedlater.
It is not a difficult matter to care for a small flock, but the old unsanitarymethods of housing will have to be abandoned
MAKING A
POULTRY HOUSE
By M. ROBERTS CONOVER
NEW YORK
McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1912, by
McBRIDE, NAST & CO.
Published May, 1912
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Specific Suggestions for Houses | 7 |
| Floors and Foundations | 23 |
| The Roof | 28 |
| Walls, Windows and Ventilation | 33 |
| The Door of the Poultry House | 40 |
| Nests and Roosts | 43 |
| The Run | 50 |