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A portion of the end-pieces should be solid, so that a 

 couple of perch-poles, with ends projecting so as to be used 

 as handles in moving the house, may be passed through 

 holes made for the purpose. 



Access to the nests is gained by hinging the lower end- 

 board so that it can be raised and the arm thrust inside. 



The house should always rest on a sound board bottom, 

 as a guard against nocturnal enemies who otherwise would 

 find no trouble in effecting a subterranean entrance. 



When there are two persons to handle such a house as 

 this, one at each end, there will be no necessity for making 

 it in sections ; it will be light enough to handle in one piece. 



Another form of portable poultry-house, much favored 

 in England, is set upon wheels — small wheels, with broad 

 tires — and moved by horse-power. 



This is an excellent plan, too, since the house may thus 

 be made much larger and stronger, yet be transported with 

 ease from point to point, together with its feathered occu- 

 pants ; hinged shafts may be used for this pufpose or merely 

 staples, to which ordinary plow-chains may be hooked. 



This "house on wheels" should be made strongly, but 

 not of needlessly heavy materials ; a low frame-work with 



