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PROFITS IN POULTRY. 



to admit or remove the hen. The door at the front is 

 hinged, and, when opened, is let down to the ground, 

 and makes a sloping platform upon which the chickens 

 go in or out, and when closed is secured by a button. 

 Twice in the season the coops should be whitewashed 



Fig. 36. 



with hot fresh lime, which will keep them free from ver- 

 min. Fig. 34 shows a front view of the completed coop, 

 arranged for two hens. Fig. 35 gives the rear view with 

 the floor withdrawn, to be enptied and refilled, as well 

 as the shape of the movable floor. In Fig. 36 is a sec- 



Fig. 37. 



tion of the coop through the middle, showing the manner 

 in which it is put together; and figure 37 is the drawer- 

 floor board. There is economy in using such a coop as 

 this, as one hen, when well cared for, may be made to 

 bring up two or three broods together, and the hens dis- 

 carded as mothers go to laying again. 



