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incentive to exercise and help to prevent their becoming 

 sluggish, even when kept in small enclosures. 



The smaller the flock the larger should be the ground 

 space per head, since each fowl has the run of the whole 

 yard, be it small or large. 



One hundred to two hundred square feet of ground 

 may well be allowed per fowl when kept in flocks of fifty. 



SITUATION AND SHAPE OF YARDS. The poultryman may 

 be obliged to locate and shape his hen-yards according to 

 boundary or division lines already fixed. 



Use should be made of established fences if they are 

 suitable for keeping the fowls enclosed. 



If the poultryman has his choice as to shape of yards 

 he should bear in mind the fact that a square area calls 

 for the least length for fencing of any shape bounded 

 by straight lines. 



If yards are to be provided for a row of houses or a 

 series of pens in a long house they may be of quadri- 

 lateral form and contiguous. 



The prevailing winds of the cold season should be 

 considered and the yard located to the leeward of tne 

 hen-house if practicable. 



The yards should not extend in front of the entrance 

 and exit doors of the hen houses or be placed so that the 

 attendant must pass through the yards to get to and 

 from the houses. 



ABBANGEMENT OF YARDS. It is well to divide the yard 

 space available for each flock into two or three enclos- 

 ures, alternating their use between the fowls and the 

 growing of crops for their food. 



One plan is to place a double or triple yard in front 

 of the house, the enclosures being of equal size and 

 extending away from the house, side by side. 



Another plan is to have two yards in front of the 

 house and beyond these a third yard, kept preferably for 

 grass, clover or alfalfa. 



An arrangement for northern latitudes that allows 

 for changing the runs according to the season is to locate 



