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THE FARM. 



ELEVATION. — LENGTH, 24 FEET; WIDTH, 11 FEET; 

 HEIGHT, IN mONT, 9 1-2 FEET; HEIGHT, IN EEAK, 

 6 1-2 FEET. 



and sliding window. The benefit birds of all description derive from change 

 of place, not only arises from the pleasure every animal as well as man de- 

 rives from changes of scene, but by being presei-ved from the exhalations 

 emitted by excrementitious matter and decaying food. 



Model Poultry House. — ^We give a plan of poultry house and yards, 



combining many good 

 points and conveniences. 

 The building is enclosed 

 with worked spruce or 

 pine boards, put on ver- 

 tically, and the height so 

 arranged that each bo.vrd 

 will cut to avoid waste. 

 All the pieces are cut oil 

 of the full lengths in 

 front, making just half a 

 rear length. The rafters 

 of thirteen feet joist, with either battened or shingle roof as prefen-ed. The 

 building is supposed to face the south. The eutrance door, E, opening into 

 the passage, P, three and a half feet wide, which runs the length of the build- 

 ing; smaller doors, D, each two feet wide, opening into the roosting room, R. 

 The nests are raised about a foot from the floor, and also open into the room 

 E, with a hinged board in the passage, so that the eggs can be removed with- 

 out entering the roosting rooms. The perches. A, are movable, perfectly 

 level, and raised two feet 

 from the floor. The parti- 

 tion walls are tight, two 

 boards high, above which is 

 lath; the passage wall above 

 th<3 nest, and also the doors, 

 D, being of lath also. 



The roosting-rooms are 

 seven and a half by eight 

 feet, large enough for 

 twenty-five fowls each. Win- 

 dows are six feet square, 

 raised one foot from the 

 floor. We prefer the glass 

 to be six by eight or seven 

 by nine inches — as these 

 small sizes need no protec- 

 tion strips to prevent the 

 fowls from breaking them. 

 The holes, H, for egress and 



ingress of the fowls, are closed by a drop door worked by a cord and pulley 

 from the passage way. Another door can be placed in the other end of the 

 passage way if desirable. This arrangement of the yards, Y, of coui-se would 

 not suit eveiy one; some would prefer smaller yards, making each yard the 

 width of the room and adding to its height. The house above is designed 

 for only three varieties; but by simply adding to the length, any number of 

 breeds may be accommodated. The simplest and most economical founda- 

 tion is to set locust or oak posts about four feet deep, every eight feet, and 



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