1 6 POULTRY BREEDING IN 



within a very few years, become as much the food 

 of the poor as it forms now a delicacy for the rich 

 only. 



A POULTRY HOME 



Ought to consist of four separate compartments, exclu- 

 sive of the glass-covered passage which runs the whole 

 length of the building, to facilitate the service at all 

 times and weather. 



i st. A roosting and laying compartment. 



2d. A glass-covered run, in which they can be con- 

 fined in wet weather. 



3d. A hatching-room. 



4th. An open run. 



THE OPEN RUN. 



Starting with the well-ascertained fact that poultry 

 cannot possibly thrive or be kept in good health on 

 damp ground, it becomes necessary, where there is no 

 surface gravel land, to make an artificial dry run: this 

 is best accomplished with concrete, which, besides being 

 cheaper than flag-stones or bricks, does not absorb the 

 moisture, and is much warmer to the feet. 



This run should be formed slightly concave, as shown 

 by Fig. 9, and have an incline towards its end, where 

 the rain-water can be discharged into a drain com- 

 municating with the duck pond. 



During summer a few inches deep of gravel, and 

 in winter about nine inches deep of horse manure, ought 

 to cover the floor of this run, which will afford the fowls 

 ample exercise by scratching and running. The gravel 



