THE PRACTICAL POULTRY KEEPER. 



A pattern common to almost all the manufacturers 

 resembles Fig. 2, its characteristic feature being that the 

 floor of the house itself is raised a couple of feet from the 

 ground, so that it forms a shelter or shed underneath, 

 enclosed except in front. This is a very cheap and often 

 useful arrangement, but there are two or three things to be 

 borne in mind about it. The first is, that the sizes given in 



Fig. 2. Portable House.' 



most price lists are not large enough for the numbers usually 

 stated with them thus a house 4 feet square is often given 

 as "suitable for 12 fowls." It is nothing of the sort : more 

 than half that should not be placed in it, unless small breeds 

 on a wide range. Except on such a large run, or with some 

 other shelter available, or in some sheltered position, such as 

 a shrubbery, the area of the ground shelter is not nearly 

 sufficient. With such adjuncts it may be ; but care should 

 be taken to raise the ground some inches, and special care 

 to constantly renew clean dry dusting material, unless other 

 dusting places are available. Another point to remember is 

 that in snow or rain, the fowls, crowding under the sheltei 



