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berries and even grapes and asparagus. Poultry houses 

 and yards serve as a good location for rotation of crops. 

 Many yards may be found where small colony houses 



FIG. 80 Movable Summer Colony-House for Fifteen Hens ; Open View. 



(Figs. 80, 81) and frames are moved to new locations 

 every week, and where after a time the land covered 

 by them is plowed up and produces famous yields of 



FIG. 81 Movable Summer Colony-House for Fifteen Hens ; Closed View. 



almost all farm and garden crops. The droppings, 

 too, of the fowls, which should be frequently gathered 

 from under the roosts, are especially rich in soluble 

 nitrogen and other valuable elements, and are used in 

 place of quick-acting commercial fertilizers. 



