A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



for the market should be confined in yards 

 with coops three by six feet, with a couple 

 of roosts not more than a foot from the 

 ground. One of these coops will comfort- 

 ably house thirty chicks. Two or three 

 incubator firms manufacture and ship them 

 all ready for use, for $6 each; but you 

 can make quite respectable ones out of 

 piano cases or large-sized packing boxes, 

 roofing paper, and wire netting, which will 

 cost from $1.50 to $2.50. These coops are 

 best without floors, and all that is necessary 

 in the way of cleaning is their removal to a 

 fresh spot once every three days. If, how- 

 ever, the land is damp, a floor is necessary. 

 The three deadly, enemies to poultry all be- 

 gin with the same letter D damp, draught, 

 and dirt. 



For future layers I choose those most 

 active in manner, most compact in build, 

 with good-sized, bright eyes. There is a 

 certain something about a chicken which 

 suggests the profitable fowl of the future, 



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