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B is the movable open run, six feet long, fifteen inches 

 wide, and twelve inches high. It is made of galvanized 

 iron wire, which not only keeps the chickens from dan- 

 ger, but also prevents them from roaming. The artificial 

 mother being portable should be taken in-doors every 

 afternoon during the cold weather, and in the daytime 

 should be placed on grass or dry land. However, for 

 large breeding establishments, the arrangements would 

 be different, and are explained in the " Artificial Rearing 

 Home." 



ARTIFICIAL REARING HOME. 



In poultry breeding establishments of any magnitude 

 the portable artificial mother could not well be used with 

 advantage ; its cost, and the labor that would be required 

 for a proper attendance on the chickens, are obstacles 

 which cannot be overlooked without loss to the breeder ; 

 in fact, as I have stated before, in any large establishment 

 a judicious arrangement for saving labor and for per- 

 forming the work systematically by subdivision of labor, 

 becomes of the utmost importance in a commercial point 

 of view. Although the principles of the portable mother 

 are strictly retained in the arrangement .of the rearing 

 home, yet it will be seen that where many thousand 

 chickens have to be attended to in separate compartments 

 containing not more than twelve each, the building, as 

 shown by fig. 18, must necessarily facilitate the work of 

 cleaning, feeding, warming, and general supervision. 



