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rye, etc., may be grown. Where it grows well, clover may 

 be sown early in the spring and the chickens turned on 

 it in the fall. Vetch sown in the fall will furnish a great 

 quantity of excellent green food in the spring and summer. 

 Where it thrives, probably no other forage plant will fur- 

 nish more green food per acre than the thousand-headed 

 kale. If planted early in the spring, it will furnish a 

 great quantity of green food in the fall and following 

 winter. Eye sown in the fall will make considerable green 

 food in the following spring and summer. 



NOTE. In a personal letter to the writer Edward 

 Brown says: "For those who keep their fowls within 

 restricted areas, I believe we shall have to come to a 

 four-course rotation, fowls being one part to three others, 

 by which is meant, supposing we have four acres of 

 land divided, the fowls shall occupy one acre only each 

 year and no more, the three vacant lots being culti- 

 vated. In some cases the three-course rotation has been 

 tried, but that does not seem to get rid of the manure 

 completely. However, it is a question of experiment 

 and therefore your observations are very important. " 



Portable Colony House. A good size for a colony house 

 is 8 x 12 feet. A team of horses will pull a house of this 

 size and it will accommodate from 30 to 50 fowls. Thirty 

 to 36 fowls will be enough in northern states, where the 

 fowls have not the liberty of outdoors all the time. This 

 house is built on runners and may be moved several times 

 a year. It will cost to build, about $15 for lumber, $5 for 

 hardware and paint, and $10 for carpenter work, the cost 

 varying in different localities as the prices of material 

 vary. 



On page 177 is shown the kind of house used at the Oregon 



