| Materials Required | ||
|---|---|---|
| Crushed rock or screened gravel | 11 cubic yards at $1.10 | $12.10 |
| Sand | 5½ cubic yards at $1.00 | 5.50 |
| Portland cement | 15 barrels at $2.50 | 37.50 |
| $55.10 | ||
Poultry Houses
The high price of all foods has made poultry raising profitable. But to have laying hens they must be carefully tended. Their houses must be clean, and free from draughts. Young chickens must be protected from rats, skunks and foxes.
Concrete houses fill every requirement of an ideal poultry house. To clean a house of concrete, spray it with oil and burn it out. Concrete is fireproof. Rats cannot gnaw through a concrete floor or sidewalk. In a concrete house there are no cracks through which the snow can sift, or in which lice and bedbugs can hide.