POULTRY HOUSES. 



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The following will explain the diagram of the ground plan of this building: A, Alley; 

 B, Room for receiving, storing, etc.; C, Closet under stair; D, Stairway; EE, Grain chests; 

 F, Stove; G, Door leading from alley into pens; H, Water-dish; I, Oyster-shell and gravel- 

 boxes; J, Feed-trough; K, Perch; L, Platform to catch droppings; M, Large window; 

 N, Hole opening into yards; 0, Dusting-box; PPPP, movable nest-boxes; Q, Outside yard; 

 R, Gate; S, View of perch cup-holder. 



GROUND PLAN OF E. C. COMET S POULTRY HOUSE. 



The accompanying cut represents the poultry buildings and yards of Mr. George S. 

 Josselyn, formerly an extensive breeder of fancy poultry of various kinds. 



The buildings, which are numerous, are so designed as to keep each breed entirely separate, 

 from each other, and provide all with large rooms. The main building is three stories high, 

 and is connected with a smaller house of one story by a covered passage-way, which contains 

 a bin for grain on each side, a well, and the heating apparatus. Both buildings are divided 

 by a hall running the entire length, and sub-divided into pens on each side. A run for each 

 pen is found in front of both houses, and the smaller houses seen in the background are 

 equally well arranged. 



The poultry house of Mr. Chidsey is a neat and tasteful building with a gothic roof, as 

 shown in the illustration. The center house is 14 feet by 16 feet, 8 foot posts. The wings 

 are 14 feet by 16 feet, with 8 foot posts in front; roof descending to the back. The whole 

 is divided into six compartments, and is admirably adapted for the rearing of different breeds 

 of fowls, including a loft for a good collection of fancy pigeons. 



The poultry buildings of Mr.Waugh represent a very convenient house adapted to a 

 smaller number of fowls than those previously represented. The walls inside are of matched 

 boards, tar paper being used also for the securing of additional warmth, while between the 

 posts it is packed with saw dust. It is well ventilated at the top, the ventilator being in the 

 center of the large building, and has an opening of 16 by 16 inches. The windows are 

 double, to secure warmth in winter, and can be swung open or taken out in summer, and 

 screen windows put in their places. 



