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admit of its being raised up towards evening. 

 This answers the double purpose of protect- 

 ing the chicks against the smaller noxious 

 vermin during the night, and of preventing 

 them from wandering about in the dewy 

 grass in the morning. I have seen chickens 

 kept under old forcing frames, and think it 

 an excellent plan. It has suggested the 

 following idea, which it seems would be 

 well adapted to our climate, and especially 

 in the early spring. 



Dig a trench in the poultry-yard, or in 

 the garden, in some place not required for 

 cultivation, of any convenient length, about 

 three feet wide, and about the same depth. 

 Drive in short stakes at each corner, and if 

 the trench is long, intervening stakes, four 

 or five feet apart. To these stakes nail 

 strips of boards, of such a height that the 

 north side will be about one foot above the 

 ground, and the south side not more than a 

 few inches, or level with it. Separate the 

 trench into apartments by driving in closely 

 sticks or slips of boards, which should reach 

 the top. Over this trench throw any old 



