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small separate enclosure above mentioned 

 within the barnyard. 



We have now a suitable enclosure, with 

 all the requisite conveniences ; but we have 

 farther to provide for them a shelter at 

 night, and to protect them from the inclem- 

 ency of the weather, and the attacks of nox- 

 ious vermin ; this, however, will form the 

 subject of a separate chapter. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Hen-house. Various Plans'. Situation. Arrangement of the 

 Perches. Productiveness in Manure. Laying Apartment. 

 Nests. Nest Eggs. Not always essential. Time for gath- 

 ering Eggs. Secret Nests. Noxious Vermin. 



THE poultry-house, or, as it is more com- 

 monly called, the hen-house, although of 

 paramount importance, is in this country 

 too frequently neglected. In a climate like 

 ours it is absolutely necessary, and, where 

 the means permit, it should be filled in with 

 brick, or at least lathed and plastered. In 



