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jection lies against hampers, with the ad- 

 ditional one of the wicker work admitting 

 the cold, in variable weather, in winter or 

 early spring sittings. It ought to be noted 

 Hkewise, that many breeders prefer to have 

 all the nests upon the ground, on account of 

 the danger of chickens falling from those 

 which are placed above. In this respect, 

 persons will be best guided by their own 

 experience. 



Turkeys being roosting fowls, may be 

 kept in the yard of which we speak, either 

 in a separate house, or their boxes for lay- 

 ing or sitting may be placed on the ground 

 of the common houses ; which last metliod 

 perhaps is objectionable, since turkeys and 

 common fowls might not roost quietly to- 

 gether. In the common way, indeed, poul- 

 try of all kinds are associated in a com- 

 mon house, the cocks and hens aloft, and 

 the ducks, geese, and turkeys upon the 

 ground floor. Or, upon an extensive scale, 

 all the domestic poultry may be contained 

 within tho inciosure, tlie circular form for 



