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than to recommend its being copied ; but any 

 small outhouse may be snugly fitted up for 

 the reception of poultry, or even built be- 

 tween the angles of two walls, or as a lean-to 

 at the back of a kitchen, cow-house, or stable, 

 without any outlay worth mentioning. Being, 

 in all such matters, very attentive to snug- 

 ness of accommodation, the spot which we 

 should prefer for the hen-house, would be 

 adjoining the stable or cow-house ; or, still 

 better, between both, with an open space in 

 the upper part, but only lathed off to prevent 

 communication, and having a lattice, to open 

 and shut, at both back and front : for the 

 stable and cow-shed, being always warm dur- 

 ing a winter's night, imparts a comfortable 

 atmosphere to the fowl-house. The entrance 

 to this shed may be at the back of the stable, 

 to deprive the fowls of the power, if admitted, 

 of scratching into and soiling the beds, and 

 pecking the mangers when the horses are 

 absent ; but, if thus shut out, they should be 

 near enough to the kitchen for the cook to 

 have an eye upon them. 



Even if erected without any such convenience 

 of situation, a fowl-house from 12 to 18 feet 



