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so on until they have worked right round. 

 This plan answers two purposes, it prevents 

 the fowl run being tainted, and the manure 

 on the ground with cultivation has a splendid 

 effect upon the crops. Mr Palmer quotes a 

 lady in Warwickshire who has adopted this 

 plan and made it pay admirably. 

 An ideal As an exception to the many poultry 



poultry farm _ . . . r 



rarms 1 nave visited from time to time, I 

 would mention a really picturesque one which 

 I saw in France, at Mantes. It was a happy 

 combination of a well laid out garden and 

 orchard, with pens of poultry on sound utility 

 lines. Perhaps I may be forgiven if I quote 

 the description of this farm which I wrote 

 at the time (Aug. 1901) for the Women's 

 Agricultural Times : 



u Across the road was a pretty garden and 

 large orchard, and here, dotted about in 

 picturesque houses and small runs (the floors 

 of the houses, being raised about 18 inches 

 from the ground, acted as a shelter) were 

 the breeding pens. Sand was scattered over 



