ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS. 



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moved by means of cords and pulleys, regulate the egress 

 of air. 



At the north side of the building are a number of 

 small windows, covered with ordinary adjustable blinds, 

 for the admission of fresh air, and in summer the doors 

 at both ends of the structure may be opened, as in the 

 illustration, and the windows in the roof should be 

 partly curtained. This building is used for early chick- 

 ens, and numerous other purposes, it not being expected 

 to have much occasion to take care of sick fowls, for the 

 true plan is to prevent disease by inducing constant 

 exercise by scratching, by allowing sun, air, good food, 

 and breeding from vigorous stock. 



Never have any hospital at all on your premises for 

 birds affected with roup, cholera or other serious epi- 



FJG. 48. QUARTERS FOR EARLY CHICKENS. 



demic or infectious disease. In time, it is confidently 

 believed, some preventive, by inoculation or otherwise, 

 will be provided by science to ward off the two dire 



