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each pen is shaded from the extreme rays of the sun by thick shades fastened 

 upon the inside, so that the inside of the house is cooler than the outside. 

 The dropping boards extend the whole width of the pen, and are about 

 two feet wide and sixteen inches from the floor ; the roosts are about seven 

 inches above and over this board. They are three inches wide and crescent- 

 shaped on top, so that the fowls can rest a considerable part of their bodies 

 on the perches. Under these dropping boards are the nest-boxes, where the 

 fowls lay, and are shaded and secluded. The feeding and drinking troughs 

 are made of galvanized iron, and hung with hooks on eyes, so that they can 

 be easily removed when they require cleaning. One can stand at one end of 

 this long house and see all the chickens on their roosts. By seeing each 

 other in this way the fowls are made companionable, and are saved many a 

 ferocious fight ; at the same time each kind is kept separated from the other. 

 Each pen has a run thirty-three by twelve and fifteen feet ; these runs are 

 separated by wire fences twelve feet high, with meshes of two inches. Out- 

 side of these small runs is a large run of half an acre, and on the rear are 

 other runs of about an acre, all of grass, so that four or five kinds can be out 

 at large at a time in these large runs, and into which they are all let out by 

 turns. 



The house is surrounded with a drain which carries off all the water 

 and moisture, and prevents dampness. Inside, the house is cemented all 

 through ; and these cemented floors are covered with gravel about two 

 inches deep. The house is heated in the cold weather just enough to keep 

 water from freezing, as Mr. VAN WINKLE is opposed to much artificial heat, 

 and to forcing fowls to lay. At the north end is a small house or shed to 

 protect the hens from the north winds, and the entrance is by the south, 

 through the shed which is used to keep his feed close at hand. 



The plan of this hennery is remarkable for its simplicity and hygienic 

 arrangement. The cost of the labor and material was under five hundred 

 dollars. The house is cleaned out every day. We were there in the hottest 

 of last summer weather, and it smelled just as sweet as outside; we could 

 not discover the slightest taint to the air inside. Mr. VAN WINKLE has 

 other houses. One about fifty feet long, in which he has, on the second floor, 

 a sitting department. This house has five pens, with an office for his 

 poulterer. He planned all his own houses, and seems to have a quick eye to 

 any improvement. He has succeeded most admirably in all his aims, if we 

 judge by results. 



PLAN OP POULTRY HOUSE FOR ONE HUNDRED FOWLS. 



This plan requires the ceiling and sides to be lathed and plastered. The 

 partitions are made of smooth lath or boards, and set up endways and 

 fastened securely at both ends with a space between them of from one and a 

 half to two inches. The nests are twelve inches wide, fifteen inches 

 high, and fifteen inches long, and so constructed that they may be slid out 

 at pleasure from the laying-room into the sitting-room, reserving room for a 



