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which is very frequently voided. There can be no objec- 

 tion to saving labor by inducing the birds to perform 

 the work of scavengers, which will give them salutary 

 exercise, for it is not intended that they shall be deprived 

 of as much gravel as they need, but only forced to use 

 the same many times over. The bin, as it may be 

 called, should be strengthened with braces across the 

 corners, and kept from spreading by the pressure of its 

 contents by strips nailed from side to side. After the 

 building has been moved in spring to a new station, the 

 bin is to be pried up until the earth drops through it, 

 having no bottom, and when empty it may be readily 



FIG. 12. PEW FOR MOVING FOWLS 



hauled by team, like a sled, to the place where it is to 

 be used, as will be explained, in connection with chicken 

 raising. The building is hauled onto this bin in the 

 fall and off in the spring, by taking the wedge-shaped 

 platform for drying earth, previously figured, for a skid, 

 and attaching the team to a rope twenty feet or more 

 long, and using small rollers. It is a quick and not 

 over troublesome operation, for it must be recollected 

 that the house is not large or heavy. 



Figure 12 represents a pen to move fowls in when their 

 houses ire to be moved a considerable distance, to sum- 



