A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



constructed building can be erected for 

 almost the same price, and easily added to, 

 as increase of stock or business warrant 

 the outlay. Another consideration is time. 

 The old house, patched up for use last year, 

 was all very well for sheltering a few hens 

 you had plenty of time to attend to; but 

 work for the coming winter makes it impera- 

 tive that buildings should be arranged with 

 due consideration for saving of time in the 

 distribution of food and water, gathering of 

 eggs, etc. 



The plan with this article, which has a 

 hallway from which all such work can be 

 done, especially appeals to me as a most 

 appropriate house for a flock of hens destined 

 to become egg machines. The description 

 of the building has been supplied by the 

 architect, a thoroughly experienced poultry- 

 man who has tested the working practica- 

 bility of the house by years of personal use, 

 as follows: 



Where market eggs are the chief object, I 

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