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THE PEOPLE'S PRACTICAL POULTEY BOOK. 



hand will of course do full as well for the structure. If the lumber used be 

 unplaned, paint the building inside and out with either hot lime made to the 

 consistency of whitewash, or common paint of the color which most suits 

 the fancy. The paint or whitewash not only beautifies the building, but 

 preserves it. 



PLAN OF CHAELES MOUNT'S HEN HOUSE. 



This house can be cheaply constructed, and has the advantage of being 

 easily kept clean, as the droppings fall on the inside roof, or slide, under the 

 roosts, and can be scraped down into the passage ways, (A) and swept out 

 at the doors, (B,) in which are the smaller doors, (C,) hung from the bottom, 

 and swinging outward and downward at an angle, to allow the fowls to 

 enter, at the same time keeping out rats and other vermin the outer end 



PLAN OF CHARLES MOUNT'S HEN HOUSE. 



being about six inches from the ground. This door can be closed at night 

 and in cold weather. The nests are ranged in tiers on each side of the 

 feeding room, the hens having access to the nests (D) by ladders running 

 vertically across the face of the platforms, which also give access to the 

 roosts. This arrangement of the nests (D) gives the fowls privacy and 

 darkness, and allows them to follow their inclination to steal away and 

 hide their nests. The nests are easily got at to remove the eggs or clean 

 them out, by opening the boards, (E,) which run the whole length of the 

 tier of nests, and are hinged at the bottom side and held, when closed, by a 

 button at the top. There is a door, (E,) at each side, at the end of the tier 

 of nests, opening from the feeding room to the passage on each side, which 

 also has an opening in the bottom for the passage of the fowls, fitted with a 



