SPECIAL PURPOSE POULTRY HOUSES, av 
ing chickens, a door at the further end of it opening into 
the front apartment. ‘Chis would make an excellent 
poultry house for a village lot, being cheap, plain, and 
including many conveniences under one roof. ‘The sash 
in front sloping to the south, would keep the house 
warm during winter, and with proper care to feed the 
fowls well, and keep the house perfectly clean, eggs 
might reasonably be expected all the winter. 
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PORTABLE POULTRY-HOUSE. 
A movable poultry-house is by no means novel, it 
having been described and used years ago. Geyelin des- 
cribed one which was used in grain fields in France to 
gather the scattered grain after harvest. This was con- 
structed something like one of those vans used in trans- 
porting animals kept in traveling menageries. It was 
20 feet long, about 7 feet wide, and the same in height. 
