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THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



cooking tlie food for the chickens. Heavy wire netting is used for the upper panels of all 

 the doora, with doors opening on the hall, which latter is a convenience in collecting eggs 

 from the nest boxes, No. 2. No 4 represents the locality of the grain bins, where is a stove 

 which is used to keep out dampness and render the temperature comfortable in cold weather; 



,.,__ == . TO= __ here is also a sink 



with water etc. 

 No. 5 represent the 

 location of ventila 

 tors 5 by 1 inches, 

 covered with wire 

 netting to exclude 

 all unwelcome in- 

 truders in the 

 form of rats, bats, 

 etc., and which 

 supply the build 

 ing with pure air, 

 while the foul 

 air has means of 



POULTRY HOUSE OF L. E. SINSABAUGH, SYRACUSE, NEBRASKA. escape through the 



BIRD S EYE VIEW OF MR. SINSABAUGIl s POULTRY YARD. 



three cupola ventilators in the roof. The building is supplied with aqueduct water, which 

 is kept constantly running by means of a faucet in each room over an iron basin in the shape 

 of a quarter globe, which has an escape valve to prevent the water from overflowing, and 



