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legs, flush with the 1x6 at the bottom. The space between 

 should be covered with lath, set 2>^ inches apart. We 

 used 2-inch mesh netting but the hens eventually break 

 through. A little door is put in the front section. The 

 coop is placed in the center section to have it close to the 

 water supply. We use two gallon galvanized cans (spe- 

 cially built) with a pan soldered on the front edge, oper- 

 ating on the cup and saucer fountain principle, and with 

 a screwcap filler opening on the bottom. It is provided 

 with a swinging handle on top, by means of which it can 

 be hung at a proper height from a nail in the wall. We 

 use two roosts in the broody coops. 



Yards 



The yards run the length of the house (150 feet), and 

 are 100 feet deep. A partition fence is run through at 

 50-foot intervals, conforming to the inside sections of 

 the house. The fences are fastened to the southeast 

 and southwest corners of the house, leaving the out- 

 side doors of the houses clear. The fences are built of 

 3x4-10 redwood posts, 1x10 redwood for baseboards, and 

 2-inch poultry netting 6 feet high. The posts are given 

 two coats of half creosote and half crude oil to a depth 

 of 36 inches and are set 30 inches in the ground. The 

 sideline posts are set, the first one 8^ feet from the house 

 with another at 12 feet, forming the gateway; the next 

 at 20 feet, and thereafter at 16-foot intervals. The ends 

 are set in two intervals of 16 feet and one of 18, excepting 

 for the upper yards in which a 3^-foot gateway setting 

 is made in the 18-foot section. These post intervals are 

 most economical of baseboard material and have been 



