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should be covered with a top, or roof, of 

 separate slopmg lids, to prevent the other 

 fowls from roosting on it ; and large enough 

 to admit the nests : the partitions high enough 

 at the sides to avoid all communication with 

 those other hens which may also be hatching. 

 A double row of nests may, if necessary, be 

 formed one over the other, and there will be 

 room enough under the shelf for nests to 

 accommodate those fowls which roost upon 

 the ground ; as in the following sketch — 



Hay is sometimes used as a stuffing for the 



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