POULTRY-HOUSE CONVENIENCES. 43 
FOLDING SHIPPING-CRATE, 
On farms, where chickens have full run of the yards, 
they pick up a great deal of food which would otherwise 
be wasted, and the cost of raising a limited number is com- 
paratively small; but where they must be fed with grain, 
the profits are reduced toa fraction, and a very small 
fraction if they are sold to the storekeeper for “‘ trade.” 
One of the chief reasons why more farmers do not ship 
their own poultry is the lack of suitable shipping-crates. 
Express companies charge for weight, and unless the 
Fig. 28. 
crates are light and well made, they object to returning 
them free. Poultry sells better in crates that are light, 
handsome, and airy. 
An excellent folding-crate invented and used by Fred 
Grundy is thus described: The crate is exactly square. 
Figure 28 shows two sides and the bottom, or floor, as 
they are made and put together. Figure 29 shows the 
