SIR HENRY THOMPSON'S YARD. 105 



be adopted ; and it will also be obvious that the whole arrange- 

 ment is capable of enlargement to any desired extent. 



Fig. 24 represents the far more extensive establishment of 

 Sir Henry Thompson, the most recently-erected poultry-yard 

 upon anything like a similar scale to be found in the United 

 Kingdom * This yard occupied about two and a half acres of 

 ground, situated at the south of the garden and greenhouse, 

 on sand and gra\el soil. Entering from the north, between 

 the man's cottage and the stables, we come first to the chicken 

 nursery and yard, with a row of exhibition pens for selection 

 and training of show specimens. Proceeding past this, on one 

 side are a number of separate small houses and runs for 

 single cockerels, while on the left, under large elms, are several 

 shaded grass-runs, in which detached houses are placed as 

 required. Past the cockerel houses are pretty large grass- 

 runs or paddocks, which communicate in almost any way 

 required with the divisions of the main house to the north of 

 them. This main poultry-house adjoins the attendant's 

 cottage, and communicates with it by a long corridor running 

 along the back of all It is divided into houses 12 J feet wide, 

 with runs in front 60 feet long. The one next the house, and 

 which gets a little warmth from the incubator room, has the 

 shod glass-fronted, and is used as an early chicken-nursery, 

 and the next one is divided into three for single cocks. Each 

 two runs have the command in turn of one of the large paddocks 

 of grass nearly a quarter of an acre each ; and there are other 

 runs with detached houses outside the place, used as required. 



The whole of this yard (erected from the owner's own 

 designs and drawings) is exceedingly well arranged and adapted 

 to ita purpose. It will not fail to be noted that the corridor, 

 at tho back of the breeding-yard, resembles so far Mr. Lane's 



* Sir Henry Thompson retired from the fancy just as these pages 

 were preparing for press. 



