28 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
A set of steps was fixed at one end for the fowls to euter 
and leave, and nest-boxes and roosts were provided within. 
Several of these houses were drawn to the field, and one 
of them was furnished with a small apartment for the 
keeper who attended to the fowls. A large number of 
fowls could be accommodated in one of these houses, as 
they were intended to be cleaned daily, and the drop- 
pings scattered upon the ground around them as they 
were moved from place to place each day. , 
An excellent house of this kind was designed by R. 
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Sproule of Pennsylvania, and a view of it is given in figure 
14. Itis of wood, and as will be seen, is mounted upon an 
axle and a pair of wheels. By means of a pair of levers, 
raised to the position shown by the dotted lines, the 
house is lifted, and made to rest wholly upon the wheels, 
so that it can be moved from place to place as desired. 
Figure 15 shows the ground plan, with the boxes for 
feed, water, and gravel. ‘These are secured to the sills 
and are kept clean bya sloping cover of small rods. The 
house is 10 feet long by 5 feet wide, and as high as may 
