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of doing this. One is to provide them with a cheerful, cozy, clean house 

 in which they can be sheltered from the wind, have plenty of sunshine and 

 fresh air, and at the same time have an opportunity to run out of doors. 

 On the snow? Yes! Yes! A hen does not mind cold feet if she can have 

 her own way. In some respects, hens are like human beings. It is not 

 so important for a hen to go out of doors each day the year round, as it is 

 for her to know that she can if she wants to. Hens will not lay well unless 

 they are contented, and freedom helps to make them contented. 



There are many things to be considered in making a home for hens. The 

 word home instead of house is used because many expensive houses are not 

 hen homes; they may look all right but they are too high or too dark or 

 too damp or too dirty. The home of a hen should be low, dry, bright, and 

 clean, and have neat nests in which the birds can hide their eggs. In 

 fact, there are so many things to say on the subject of hen homes that it 

 would take a whole book to describe them. You would better ask the College 

 of Agriculture at Cornell University to send you Bulletin 274, which de- 

 scribes several ways for building hen homes. Read it thoroughly, and 

 if your hen house is not a hen home see whether you can make it over into 

 one. Do it now. 



VI. WINTER QUARTERS FOR THE PULLETS 



C. A. Rogers 



As the fall advances and the 

 is time to get the season's flock 

 they can spend the winter in 

 comfort. This is a time when 

 the chickens should be given 

 careful attention, for when 

 exposed, the cold nights and 

 occasional snow flurries soon 

 put a stop to their growth and 

 development. It is also a 

 critical time, for under favor- 

 able care they should soon 

 begin to lay. 



The pen. — Choose, then, a 

 comer of the barn or shed that 

 can be partitioned ofE into a 

 pen of the desired size; or, 

 better still, build a small house 

 piirposely for the pullets. If 

 eight feet wide and ten feet long. 



leaves on the trees fall to the ground, it 

 of pullets into cozy, warm quarters where 



Before putting the pullets into winter quarters, the 

 ho2ises should be thoroughly cleaned and disin- 

 fected. New litter should be put in and all signs 

 of disease destroyed 



you have fifteen fowls, build the house 

 If there are twenty-five fowls, make the 



