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the small coops, Fig. 36, not needed for weaned chicks 

 till later in the summer, can also be propped up and 

 covered with boards or straw, as at B, Fig. 43. In the 

 foreground of this cut, E is a larger shelter from the 

 sun, such as will answer for either chicks or layers, at 

 the itinerant stations, made by propping a winter dust- 

 bin, B, Fig. 11, in a slanting position, nailing lightly 



FIG. 44. TEMPORARY SHELTERS. 



a few boards or poles across and thatching with the 

 straw mats that were used on the roofs of winter houses. 

 Spare floors to chicken coops, Fig. 34, may be arranged 

 as at C, Fig. 44, and in the same cut D represents a 

 shade made of rails and straw that were used in winter 



