20 PROFITS IN POULTEY. 



by cleats, and acts as a hinge. The pieces, D, are secured 

 to it, and the roosts, B, to them. At A is a ring bolt, 

 and overhead a hook. When the house is to be cleaned 

 out, the roosts are raised and hooked up, and are six feet 

 high, so there is no trouble in working under them. The 

 door, E, is 6x3 feet. In each wing there are two rows 

 of nests, each nest 18x18x12 inches, 12 in a row, 24 in each 

 wing, and 48 in all ; the bottom of the lower row is two 

 feet from the ground, and under it are five coops on each 

 side, in each wing, twenty in all, (18x18x20 inches). 

 These are closed inside with slats, and each one is inde- 



Fig. 7. END ELEVATION. Fig. 8. SECTION. 



pendent, and entered from the outside, as shown in fig- 

 ures 6 and 7. The entrances to the nest-rooms are in the 

 doors, as in figure 7. Figure 8 is an inside view of one 

 of the wings, showing the interior arrangement of one 

 side. The two windows in front, one in each wing, three 

 doors, and twenty-three entrances for the fowls, will give 

 sufficient ventilation, but if more is needed, small doors 

 or windows, 18x18 inches, can be put above the plates, in 

 the ends of the center building. The cupola is not nec- 

 essary, but it allows the foul air to escape ; it costs about 

 a day's work for a handy man, and is built of scraps. 

 The roof need not, of necessity, be shingled. 



