POULTRY HOUSES. 



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The accompanying cut of Mr. Gray s poultry house is scarcely a fair representation of 

 the fine building the owner has devoted to his feathered pets, and which he breeds solely for 

 the pleasure and recreation he finds in their care. It is situated on an estate which occupies 

 eleven acres in the r- 

 limits of Boston, on 

 Howard Avenue. In 

 order to give a better 

 view of the house, the 

 artist, in sketching, 

 omitted the fine shade 

 trees that add much 

 to the attractive ap- 

 pearance of the 

 grounds. The house 

 is built of stone, with 

 a lawn sloping from 

 it on all sides which 

 renders the drainage 

 perfect, while it 

 stands so as to face a 

 little south of south 

 east, and thus secures 

 the sun on both sides 

 and end of the build 

 ing during the day. 

 Under the gables are 

 the sheds, or what can 

 be made open sheds 

 by opening the win 

 dows, whicn. are seen 

 and represented a s 

 being open in the cut; 

 the windows in the 

 laying room being 

 here represented by 

 wire netting. The 

 building is 100 feet 

 long and 20 feet wide, 

 with a hall-way 3 

 feet wide running the 

 entire length, as will 

 be seen by the accom 

 panying ground plan. 

 It is divided into 

 twelve rooms and six 

 sheds for fowls, be 

 sides an incubator - 

 room 8 by 16 feet, in which is an incubator of 360 eggs capacity, for hatching purposes, 

 the interior finish we find hard pine floors, and hard wood for the studding or close partitions 

 with plastered ceilings ; while gas is used for light and also for heating the incubator and 



