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objection to the plan of rearing without a mother, but we 

 should never place our yards by the side of a thickly planted 

 potato-patch. It would be much better to plant two rows of 

 potatoes, and then two of corn, all running to and from the 

 yard. These avenues, afforded by the corn, would prevent such 

 fatal results as occurred in my case, by allowing the chicks to 

 return to their yard with ease. The potatoes I consider very 

 important to their growth, affording an abundance of insects 

 to feed on. 



As to the economy of this plan, I am inclined to think that 

 a very large number of chickens can be raised in this manner 

 at a cheaper rate, and with less mortality, than by the ordinary 

 method. My plan, of course, was only premature adopted on 

 the spur of the occasion. A little study into the wants of large 

 numbers of chickens, to render them healthy, will suggest to 

 the careful observer, all that is wanted to render success easy 

 in the raising of chickens by the thousand, or ten thousand, if 

 desired. 



COOPS. 



Probably the best style of coop ever made for general use, is 

 that represented in the cut. It is old, but in my opinion, the 

 art of man can never improve on its general good qualities for 

 a cheap coop one that a boy can make as well as an architect, 

 and one that is adapted to the use of people in all circumstances 

 and conditions of life. All that is to be done to construct 

 them, is to take two pieces of a wide board, and nail them 

 together at the top, in the triangular form above shown, then 

 board up one side tight, and put slats of lath on the other side, 

 either in a perpendicular or horizontal position, and the coop is 

 done. If the slats are put on in a perpendicular position, you 

 will require a cross strip of more substantial dimensions, to nail 

 the laths to at the bottom. The position of coops of this kind 



