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houses, but I am glad to say that it is very seldom that we 

 have any depth of snow to last for any length of time. In the 

 last winter I do not think there was a snow storm all winter 

 that gave us over six inches of snow in depth, and that did not 

 stay long. If there was snow that stayed with us for any 

 length of time, we would have to shovel the placCj out, so that 

 they could get out of doors, but practically the ground is 

 rarely, if ever, covered with snow to a depth sufficient to keep 

 them in. 



Question. Are you getting any eggs now? 



Mr. Almy. I am getting a few. I am getting from 35 to 

 40 dozen a day now. 



Question. How many hens have you? 



Mr. Almy. I have 1,800 hens at present, some of which 

 have just been gotten into the houses. Considering the time of 

 year, the yield is very satisfactory, and especially so with the 

 present prices of eggs. Of course, we would be glad to dis- 

 pose of more at the same price, if we had them. 



Question. How high are those 8 x 12 houses? 



Mr. Almy. Those 8 x 12 houses all have six-foot posts. 



Question. No floors? 



Mr. Almy. No floors to amount to anything. There are 

 no floors except on the side where we have a covering of dry 

 beach sand. 



Question. How many windows do you have in those 

 houses ? 



Mr. Almy. All of the first houses we had built had one 

 window which slid to the side for the purpose of ventilation. 

 The houses that we are building now have four sash, or two 

 whole windows, with a scuttle on a line with the front of the 

 house, and a scuttle on the back of the house. The roosts are 

 in the end so that we can drop this half of the sash which is 

 in the front over, and the scuttle on the back side, and have a 

 free circulation of air right through the house, without having 

 any draft on the hens. That is on the two-pitch house. Wc 



