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placed for her on the floor. In this case, a pane of seven 

 by nine glass ought to be inserted in the top, or on the 

 fixed side. At hatching-time she should be shut in un- 

 til she brings off her brood. It is, moreover, important 

 that a portion of the top (i) should be removable, or 

 hinged on so that an attendant may have access to the 

 interior at any time. Access to the nest by egg-eating 

 dogs is by this method entirely prevented, unless the 

 dogs are very small, in which case a board a little 

 wider than the door, placed six inches in front of it, and 

 nailed firmly both at top and bottom, will exclude even 

 them. 



A BROODING-PEN FOR HENS. 



We have for several years used enclosed brooding-pens 

 for hens with much satisfaction. Success with poultry 

 depends wholly upon the convenient and effective man- 



Fig. 33. BROODINQ-PEN. 



agement of the brood hens and the chicks. When hens 

 cannot help it, they will do as their owners wish, and 

 there are then peace and comfort and prosperity in the 

 poultry-house. These pens are built around a part of 



