POULTRY. 



A set of steps was fixed at one end for the fowls to enter 

 and leave, and nest-boxes and roosts were provided within. 

 Several of these houses were drawn to the field, and one 

 of them was furnished with a small apartment for the 

 keeper who attended to the fowls. A large number of 

 fowls could be accommodated in one of these houses, as 

 they were intended to be cleaned daily, and the drop- 

 pings scattered upon the ground around them as they 

 were moved from place to place each day. 

 An excellent house of this kind was designed by R. 



Fig. 14. 



Sproule of Pennsylvania, and a view of it is given in figure 

 14. It is of wood, and as will be seen, is mounted upon an 

 axle and a pair of wheels. By means of a pair of levers, 

 raised to the position shown by the dotted lines, the 

 house is lifted, and made to rest wholly upon the wheels, 

 so that it can be moved from place to place as desired. 

 Figure 15 shows the ground plan, with the boxes for 

 feed, water, and gravel. These are secured to the sills 

 and are kept clean by a sloping cover of small rod P. The 

 house is 10 feet long by 5 feet wide, and as high as may 



