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or tree, without giving up a whole field or grove to the 

 roving and meddlesome propensities of the flock. Mova- 

 ble fences and movable houses for poultry are great things 

 for our Florida groves, and we would strongly advocate 

 their use; the more of them the better. A temporary 

 poultry-yard, confining twenty or thirty chickens for one 

 or two months in the year around an orange tree, would 

 make a marked difterence in its growth and vigor ; try it, 

 and see. 



It is easy enough to make the fence — when you know 

 how — as easy as Columbus found it to stand an egg on 

 end, and here is one way to do it : we shall speak of others 

 further on : 



Procure pickets two inches wide, by half an inch thick, 

 and six feet long; nail them to two rails, three inches 

 square and twelve feet long; at each end of every rail, 

 U-shaped pieces of stout hoop-iron (hogshead iron is best) 



