CHAPTER VIII 
KEEPING POULERY- ON A TOWRGEOR 
HE no-yard system makes it possible to 
keep a few hens on a very small lot. To 
be sure, this is not the best system, all 
things considered, but it offers a very satisfactory 
solution of the poultry-keeping problem where only 
a little land is available. By a little land is meant 
enough to provide the site for a house 10x12 or 
smaller, with sufficient open space around to admit 
air in abundance and sunlight for at least four or 
five hours every day. When this system is fol- 
lowed, the hens never leave the house. In order 
that the birds may be kept in good condition when 
confined so closely, the house should have unusually 
large openings in front, with muslin curtains to 
drop when the weather becomes exceptionally cold 
or when the rain beats in. If the Summers are very 
hot, something in the way of an awning may be 
needed to protect the fowls; a hinged shutter is often 
used. The house may also be made cooler by cut- 
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