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XEW ENGLAND FAR^rER. 



Sept. 



POULTBY HOUSE. 



We copy these two illustrations from D. J. 

 Browne's "American Poultry Yard." Many 

 farmers who do not propose to build as large 

 a house for their poultry, or who do not pro- 

 pose to build a separate one of any size, may 

 find something in it which may be of use to 

 them in fitting up a comfortable place in their 

 barn or othor out-building for the accommo- 

 dation of their poultr}'. 



"The accompanying cut represents a hen- 

 house in perspective, 20 feet long, 12 feet 

 wide, and 7 feet high to the eaves, with a 

 roof of a 7-foot pitch, a chimney-top, a venti- 

 lator on the peak, 12 feet in length and 1 foot 

 or more in height, and oj)enings in the gable 

 ends for the admission of fresh air. In the 

 easterly end there are two doors, one leading 

 into the laying a[)artment and loft, and the 

 other into the hatching-room. In the same 

 end there is also a wooden shutter or blind, 

 which may be opened whenever necessary to 

 let air or light into the roost. In the back, 

 or northerly side, there is a large lattice win- 

 dow, three feet above the floor or ground, 4 

 by 12 feet, for the purpose of affording fresh 

 air to the sitting hens. In front, or southerly 

 side, there is a large glazed window, 4 by 12 

 feet, and another on the southerly side of the 



roof, of a corresponding size, designed to 

 admit light and heat of the sun in cold 

 weather, to stimulate the laying hens. In the 

 southerly side there are also two small aper- 

 tures three feet above the ground or floor, for 

 the ingress and egress of the fowls. These 

 openings may be provided with sliding shut- 

 ters, as well as with 'lighting boards,' inside 

 and out, and may be guarded by sheets of tin, 

 nailed on below them, to prevent the intrusion 

 of rats, weasels, or skunks." 



Givund Plan. 



Fig. 1, represents a ladder or steps loading to th» 

 roosting place or loft; 2, nest boxes for laying; 3, nest- 

 boxes for sitting hens; 4, a stove for warming the 

 apartments, if desirable, when the weather is very cold. 

 The nest boxes arc three or four feet from the floor. 



