HEN-HOUSE. 



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Fig. 2. 



door of lattice-work between them. The 

 largest, designed for roosting, need not ex- 

 ceed fifteen feet, and the smaller one five 

 feet, in a house of the larger size. The 

 poles for roosting rest horizontally on three 

 narrow strips of plank which descend from 

 the upper corners of the house to the ground, 

 about the centre of the floor. Three sim- 

 ilar strips, furnished 

 with roosting - poles 

 or perches, descend 

 from the opposite up- 

 per corner nearly to 

 the middle of the 

 floor. This arrange- 

 ment leaves a free passage to the smaller 

 room, as will appear by the annexed figure. 

 Some persons have these strips of plank at- 

 tached above by leather hinges, so that they 

 may be lifted up and kept out of the way 

 when it becomes necessary to clean out the 

 building, but in this plan they are not es- 

 sential. The roosting-perches may be made 

 of inch plank, about two inches wide, with 

 the edges rounded ofF ; they may be about 



