32 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
nected by means of roosts or perches made of octagona} 
strips nailed fast to the supports. Perches should be 
placed about eighteen inches apart. At any time when it 
is desired to gather up the droppings, the end of the 
frame-work is raised and fastened to the ceiling or roof 
by a hook at m, the whole arrangement being up out of 
the way for thorough cleaning. At the corner of the 
building, opposite the roost, is placed a box, p, contain- 
ing ashes, road-dust, etc., that the fowls may dust them- 
selves. The box should be two feet square and about one 
foot in height, and should be kept half filled with dust- 
ing material, both summer and winter. In the corner 
is placed a box, e, and should contain a supply of gravel 
and broken oyster-shells. The foregoing conveniences 
cost but little and will prove valuable additions to any 
poultry-house. 
LOW ROOSTS. 
For the large fowls low roosts should be used, as they 
cannot reach high ones without a ladder, and in drop- 
_ ping from them are very apt to injure themselves. A 
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., roosting-frame, made for Asiatic fowls, is shown at Fig. 
17%. It is made of chestnut strips two inches square 
with the edges of the upper part rounded off to make 
them casy to the feet of the fowls. Three of these strips 
