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are fastened to frames made of the same material for 

 supports. The whole is fastened to the wall by rings 

 fixed in staples, so that it can be turned up and held 

 against the wall by a hook. It is twelve feet long, 

 three feet wide, and should stand eight inches from the 

 wall and about one foot from the floor. 



STOVE FOE A POULTRY-HOUSE. 



A simple and safe method of warming a poultry-house 

 in winter is as follows: With a few bricks and common 

 mortar build a box five feet long and two and one-half 

 feet wide, leaving an open space in the front about a foot 

 wide. Lay upon this wall, when fourteen inches high, 

 so as to cover the space within the wall except abort six 

 inches at the rear end, a plate of sheet-iron. Build up 

 the wall a foot above the iron and then build in 

 another plate of iron, covering the space inclosed 

 all but a few inches at the front. Then turn an arc i 

 over the top and leave a hole at the end for a stow 

 pipe. A small fire made in the bottom at the front will 

 then heat this stove very moderately; the heat passing 

 back and forth, will warm the whole just sufficient to 

 make the fowls comfortable, and there will be no danger 

 of injury to their feet by flying up upon the top, as it will 

 never be hot if a moderate fire only is kept. The stove 

 will be perfectly safe, and may be closed by a few loose 

 bricks laid up in front, through diich sufficient air will 

 pass to keep the fire burning slowly. Ordinarily a fire 

 need only be made at night during the coldest weather. 



NEST-BOXES. 



Many farmers and other persons who keep poultry 

 fail to provide nests for their hens, and then grumble be- 

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