No. 4.1 



POULTRY KEEPING. 



103 



The socoiul style of house is the " A " house, a very simple 

 structure, with low eaves, high ridge, giving sufficient space 

 for the attendant to stand erect in the center and only enough 

 for the fowls near the eaves, and the gable facing the south. 

 Such a house is seldom used for more than one pen, and 

 its chief advantage is its ease of construction. 



Fig. 1 shows an " A " house of the style used by Mr. 

 C. E. L. Ilaj^ard of Hancock, N. H. We visited Mr. Hay 



Fig. 1.— An 



' A " house, of the style used by Mr. C. E. L. Haywood of 

 Hancock, N. H. 



ward's farm on one of the coldest days of last January, and 

 counted in one orchard three hundred such houses, all with 

 entirely open fronts, wired in, and containing twelve hens to 

 the house. Other orchards were filled in a similar manner. 

 We have three large houses of this type, built very warm, 

 with double boards and paper between, accommodating fifty 

 hens each. These were built some years ago, and, except that 

 they require less skilled carpentry, we are inclined to con- 

 sider them without any advantage over the common long 



