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If the top edges of the cap piece are rounded off by a 

 plane, the result will be a stiff, strong perch, which will 

 not disfigure the breast-bones of fowls, and which will 

 keep their feet warm. 



This apartment should be cleaned out every morning. 

 To do this the perches are taken up, cleaned off with a 

 wooden knife or scraper, and set in one corner. The 

 roofs of the nest boxes are cleaned off with the same im- 

 plement, and after scattering a little of a mixture of road- 

 dust and plaster over the floor, all is swept up and put 



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Fig. 4. PLAH OF FOWL HOUSE. 



in a barrel. Then a small layer of dust is scattered over 

 the floor under the roosts, which however are not replaced 

 until evening, or say three or four o'clock, when the last 

 gathering of eggs is made. 



We have considered the matter of warmth, and inci- 

 dentally that of dusting, and in part of cleanliness. The 

 day compartment is as light as we can. conveniently make 

 it. It ought to have a cement, or hard clay floor, well 

 pounded down. Cement is preferable. The water foun- 

 tain (w) should be cleaned and filled daily. If there is 



