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THE PEOPLE S PRACTICAL POULTRY BOOK. 



grounds of ISAAC VAN WINKLE, Esq., of New-Jersey. One illustration, 

 shows the house with the end open, giving an interior view, while the other 

 shows the exterior. These houses are movable ; made of matched boards 

 nailed to posts, two by two inches, on each end, and side or section, and 

 hooks and staples placed at the top and bottom of the posts, on each inside, 

 so that instead of being nailed together as a whole, it is hooked up in sec- 

 tions, as shown in the engraving, with front section down. By this means 

 the coop can be taken down and moved to any place desired. At the rear 

 of the runway is placed a tight coop, as shown, into which the hen and 

 chickens can retire to roost ; the slide being closed, makes it perfectly rat or 

 vermin proof. In the end of the tight coop are three Or four one-inch holes 



HOUSE INTERIOR VIEW. 



made for ventilation. The top of the runway is covered with a movable 

 glass sash hot-bed fashion under which chickens can be reared in the 

 coldest weather. For ventilation, the sash can be slid off, as seen by refer- 

 ence to the cut, or, if desired, the sa.sh being placed in a groove, can be re- 

 moved entirely from the top of the coop. It strikes us that this house, when 

 it becomes more known, will somewhat revolutionize the rearing of early 

 spring chicks. It is so constructed that any person at all conversant with 

 the use of tools can put one up in short order and with comparatively little 

 expense. 



It is frequently recommended to breeders to build their chicken-coops 

 with floors in them. We cannot see any particular benefit derived from 

 having coops with wooden floors ; on the contrary, we are of the opinion it 

 inclines the chicks to weakness. Our mode is to let the chickens have free 



