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spike the silla on them. There is then no heaving from frost; and all the 

 underpinning necessary is a board nailed tc the sill and extending into the 

 ground a couple of inches. A seating room can be added by making the 

 building four feet longer. The room should be in the end next the door, so 

 as to be always within notice. 



Such a house built of seaBoued lumber and well battened, will shelter any 

 fowls — excepting, perhaps, 

 the Spanish, Leghorns, and 

 a few of the more tender va- 

 rieties — from all ordinarily 

 cold weather; and we be- 

 heve it to be the cheapest 

 and most convenient house 

 for general use. 



Chicken and Dai-k In- 



closure. — We present here- 

 with a plan for chicken or 

 duck coops, with incloaures, 

 which will be found very 

 onvenient fixtures in any 

 ; lultry-yard. These coops 

 are made so that they are 

 movable, and can be con- 

 structed by almost any one 

 conversant with the use of a 

 hammer and nails. Any re- 

 fuse boards and odd pieces 

 are all that are necessary to 

 build them. The coops can 

 be set in any desired posi- 

 tion, then fenced in with 

 boards twelve to sixteen 

 inches wide, as shown in our 

 engraving, with stakes driven 

 in the ground on each side 

 of the boards at intervals, to 

 keep them from falling over. 

 Put up in this manner the 

 stakes can be withdrawn at 

 wiU and the inclosure moved 

 as oft€n as desirable. For 

 partitions our engraving has 

 shown a light wire mesh, 

 which is easy to handle and 



can be procured at a very small cost. This is fastened into position by pu»- 

 ning down with wooden pins, which, in this way, is made also movable. 



Caponizing. — Caponizing is not a very difficult operation, and any oae 

 who is blessed >vith the average amount of braius and common sense can 

 soon learn to caponize as quickly and as successfully as an " expert." We 

 tnow that some one will probably tell you that the instruments used are 

 ' very delicate," and the operation c»n only l>c 3afely performed by aa c*- 





