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the sides and ceiling of whitewashed boards ; the parti- 

 tions of the nest should also be made of whitewashed 

 boards, and the nest of earthen ware ; but the top board 

 covering the nest should project a few inches to prevent 

 the droppings falling in. 



c is a door communicating with the passage, and 

 d with the covered run. In this door an opening ought 

 to be made provided with a glazed slide for the egress 

 and ingress of the fowls. In this compartment fowls 

 should be fed in wet weather, and the drinking foun- 

 tain ought also to be placed here. The perches of 

 cast-iron pipes should be about three inches in diam- 

 eter, and placed respectively three and four feet from 

 the floor. 



5. Hatching-Room. 



Fig. 6. 



C, the hatching-room, is composed of two compart- 

 ments one for the gritty dust, and the other for the 

 nest, which should be of earthen ware, the same as for 

 the laying nests. The floor, sides, and ceiling are of 

 whitewashed boards. The compartments are eighteen 

 inches square by two feet high, the door glazed, and 

 with perforated zinc above for ventilation ; the roof 

 covered with asphalted felt. 



