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been very precarious, and that they were much concerned 

 about her, and her doctor advised that she have some pleasant 

 employment that would lead her out into the open air during 

 the season. The young lady decided that she would under- 

 take the raising of turkeys, and from the day that she began 

 that enterprise, and commenced to go out every day in the 

 air, her health had commenced to grow steadily better, and 

 the result of her summer's labors was there. Instead of in- 

 curring a doctor's bill, she had been bringing a sum of money 

 to the farm, and she had regained her health at the same time. 

 She had been out in all weathers attending to the flock, and 

 her devotion and care of the flock had brought a splendid 

 result not only to the farm but to herself. The health and 

 happiness that was brought into that family by this experi- 

 ment in raising turkeys was worth more than the dollars that 

 came to them from the poultry flocks. 



Mr. Nichols. I would like to inquire regarding the size 

 of those portable Rhode Island poultry houses. 



Dr. Curtice. They are about ten by ten, or possibly 

 ten by twelve on the ground. Perhaps with the double slope 

 gable roof I should say an average of six feet, or perhaps 

 five feet nine. The roosts are in one end. 



Mr. Nichols. How are they moved? 



Dr. Curtice. One plan has been to put two heavy planks 

 under the bottom and move them on them. Another plan 

 is to move them on a low wagon. If they are made rather 

 heavy, it is perhaps a little difflcult to move them on the 

 planks, and if they are moved on a low wagon, of course you 

 must have the wagon on the farm. In some of them the 

 roofs are fastened up with hooks so they can be removed. I 

 have seen such houses put up entirely by hooks, but of course 

 the joints are not so tight as they should be sometimes. For 

 summer houses that works very well; that would be ample, 

 but for winter houses I think not. 



Prof. Phelps. Can they be moved in sections? 



