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THE GENESEE FAR5.IER.' 



PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF BROWNE'S POULTRY-HOUSE, 



' FsoM the Avurkan Poultry Yard, by D. J. 

 Browne, we take the following description of a very 

 pretty and convenient poultry-bouse, of which the 

 above is a perspective view; 



" A fo-wl-house," says Mr. Browne, " should be dry, 

 well roofed, and frouting the east or south; and if 

 practicable, in a cold chmate, it should be provided 

 with a stove, or some other means for heating, warmth 

 being very conducive to health and laying, though ex- 

 treme heat has the contrary effect. The dormitory, or 

 roost, should be well ventilated by means of two 

 latticed windows, at opposite ends of the building ; and 

 it would be desirable to 

 have one or more aper- 

 tures through the roof 

 for the escnpe of foul 

 air. The silting apart- 

 ment, also, should be 

 ventilated by means of 

 a large window, in the 

 side of the house, and 

 holes through the ceil- 

 ing or roof. If kept 

 moderately dark, it will 

 contribute to the qui- 

 etude of the hens, and 

 thus favor the process 

 of incubation. The sit- 

 ting-room should be 

 provided with boxes or 

 troughs, well supplied 



■with fresh water, and proper food for the hens during 

 the hatching period, from which they can partake at 

 all times at will. The laying-room, in winter, should 

 have similar boxes or troughs containing old mortar, 

 broken oyster-shells, soot, brick dust, gravel and ashes, 

 a,s well as a liberal supply of proper food and drink. 

 The perches, or roosting-poles, should be so arranged 

 that one row of the fowls should not rest directly over 

 another. They should be so constructed as to enable 

 the fowls to ascend and descend by means of ladders 

 or steps, without making much use of their wings; 

 for heavy fowls fly up to their roosts with difficulty, 

 and often injure themselves by descending, as they 

 alight heavily upon the ground. 



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" The aceomp/anyiDg cut represents a hen-honse ia 

 perspective, 20 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 7 feet high 

 to the eaves, with a roof of a T-foot pitch, a chimney- 

 top, a ventilator on the peak, 12 feet in length and 1 

 foot or more in height, and openings in the gable ends 

 for the admission of fresh air. lu the easterly end 

 there are two doors, one leading into the laying apart- 

 ment and loft, and the other into the hatching-room. 

 In the same end there is also a wooden shutter or 

 blind, which may be opened whenever necessary to 

 let air or light into the roost. In the back, or north- 

 erly side, there is a large lattice v/indow, three feet 

 apart above the floor or ground, 4 by 12 feet, for the 

 ,„„„,__„„_,„.„_^__„___ purpose of affording 

 1 fresh air to the sitting 

 hens. In front, or 

 southerly side, there ia 

 a large glazed window, 

 4 by 12 feet, and 

 another on the southerly 



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GROUND PLAN. 



— . , , , ,r—^, . , respondmg size, design- 

 ed to admit hght and 

 heat of the sun in cold 

 weather, to stimulate 

 the laying hens. In the 

 southerly side there are 

 also two small aper- 

 tures three feet above 

 the ground or floor, for 

 the ingress and egress 

 of the fowls. These 

 openings may be provided with sliding shutters, as 

 well as with 'lighting board?,' inside and out, and 

 may be guarded" by sheets of tin, nailed on below 

 them, to prevent the intrusion of rats, weasels or 

 skunks. 



" The building may be constructed of wood or other 

 materials, and in such style or order of architecture as 

 may suit one's taste, only preserving the internal ar- 

 rangements and propjrtions in reference to breadth 

 and height. As a general rule, as regards the length 

 of a building, each hen, irrespective of the cocks, may 

 be allowed a foot. 



" In the ground plan, L denotes the laying apart- 

 ment; H the hatching-room, 6 by 20 feet; Ji, «, etc, 



