POULTRY. 



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as it is sheltered on the north and west sides, and as fowls kept 

 in a building connected with the barn can have the run of the 

 barn-yard and manure cellar in winter, which gives them the 

 exercise needed to keep them in good health. 



FIG. 4. FAMILY POULTRY-HOUSE. 



Fig. 4 gives the elevation and Fig. 5 the ground-plan of a 

 family poultry-house, fifteen by eighteen, that will accommodate 

 from fifty to seventy-five fowls. A represents the laying-room; 

 B, the roosting-room ; C, the sitting-room, and Z>, a bin for pram. 

 The nest -boxes are shown in the par- 

 tition between the laying and sitting 

 rooms, and are intended to slide back 

 and forth. A house like this may be ex- 

 tended to any length, and a continuous 

 passage way provided by changing the ar- 

 rangement of the roosts. 



Fig. 6 shows the front elevation, 

 and Fig. 7 the ground -plan of a neat, 

 substantial poultry-house that will meet 

 the requirements of the farmer who de- 

 sires to keep a large flock of fowls, and 



have rooms for raising early chicks, d represents the doors ; 

 /?, the passage way ; w, windows ; n, nests ; r, roosts, and b, 

 dusting-boxes. The openings for the ingress and egress of the 



