86 THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 



ments. L, denotes the laying apartment, and H, the 

 hatching room, divided in the middle by a partition ; n, 

 the nest boxes, resting on tables, three feet above the 

 floor or ground ; b, b, boxes, or troughs, containing 

 water, grain, brick dust, sand, ground oyster shells, or 

 other materials for the convenience of the fowls ; d, an 

 aperture, or door, three feet above the ground or floor, 

 for the ingress and egress of the fowls ; a, a lattice 

 window, three feet above the floor or ground, for the 

 admission of fresh air to the sitting hens ; R, the roost- 

 ing place, or loft, shut off from the laying and sitting 

 apartments by the ceilings, c, c; h, a hole, or opening, 

 in the ceiling, for the escape of the air below into the 

 loft ; v, the ventilator at the peak of the roof; p, the 

 roosting pole, or perch ; t, a trough, or box, for retain- 

 ing the droppings, or dung. 



RUSTIC POULTRY HOUSE. 



A very cheap and economical plan for a rustic 

 poultry house is described at p. 320, vol. viii. of the 

 American Agriculturist, in the following words : 

 " This kind of work can easily be made by any person 

 accustomed to the use of the saw and axe. All that is 

 required is a little taste, having your plan well digest- 

 ed before commencing, so as to require no alterations. 



" For the construction of a piece of rustic work like 



