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their permanent yards, if possible to do so. Mature 

 fowls, when moved from one pen to another, are 

 more likely to fly over the enclosure than if kept 

 throughout the season in the yard they have learned 

 to recognize as home. It has frequently been noticed 

 that Leghorn and Minorca hens will remain peace- 

 ably in the yard in which they have been reared, 

 but if moved to other yards will give the owner 



FIG. 54. Poultry houses and yards. 

 West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. 



more or less trouble by flying over the fences, 

 although the latter may be as high as seven 

 feet. 



In latitudes where it is not necessary to provide 

 warm houses for protection against freezing, many 

 small portable houses in a field of considerable 

 size are preferred to more pretentious stationary 

 houses with permanent yards. It is true that the 

 labor of the attendant in feeding is somewhat 

 increased, but considerable labor is saved in clean- 

 ing and cultivating the land by merely moving the 



