SPECIAL PURPOSE POULTRY HOUSES. 27 



ing chickens, a door at the further end of it opening into 

 the front apartment. This would make an excellent 

 poultry house for a village lot, being cheap, plain, and 

 including many conveniences under one roof. The sash 

 in front sloping to the south, would keep the house 



Fig. 13. SECTION OF POULTRY HOUSE. 



warm during winter, and with proper care to feed the 

 fowls well, and keep the house perfectly clean, eggs 

 might reasonably be expected all the winter. 



PORTABLE POULTRY-HOUSE. 



A movable poultry-house is by no means novel, it 

 having been described and used years ago. Geyelin des- 

 cribed one which was used in grain fields in France to 

 gather the scattered grain after harvest. This was con- 

 structed something like one of those vans used in trans- 

 porting animals kept in traveling menageries. It was 

 20 feet long, about 7 feet wide, and the same in height. 



