5 2 ' 



POULTRY BREEDING IN 



Fig. 18. Artificial Rearing Home Perspective Section. 



REFERENCE TO PERSPECTIVE SECTION OF ARTIFICIAL 

 REARING HOME. 



A is a sunk passage lined by brick walls, the floor 

 formed of concrete, with a provision for drainage ; along 

 the whole length of this passage hot-water pipes should 

 be fixed immediately under the roosting-place a. A door 

 communicates with the covered run <$, and wire netting is 

 fixed over the door c for ventilation. The roof of this 

 passage can either be glazed or formed of boards covered 

 with asphalted felt, but provision must be made for an 

 efficient ventilation. This passage should be about five 

 feet wide between walls, and six feet high. 



B is the glass-covered run ; it differs from the portable 

 hen only in this, that here the sides are formed of galva- 

 nized iron wire, and only the front is made of boards ; the 



