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danger of its freezing, the water may be thrown out as 
soon as the fowls are on the roosts, and refilled with tepid 
water at daylight in the winter mornings. Three feed 
boxes are sufficient, one for soft feed, one for ground 
oyster shells, and one for ground bone. Grain should be 
fed upon the floor, and preferably at evening. This 
brings us to consider the last of our list of requirements, 
namely, exercise. To secure this, cover the floor with 
chopped straw to the depth of three inches, and scatter 
the grain upon this. Feed at such an hour that the 
chickens will not have time to find it all before it is dark, 
and this will be an inducement for them to get up early 
and go to scratching. Some provision of this kind is very 
important when fowls can not have much range and out- 
of-door exercise on account of snow and rain. In winter 
vdry outside run is very important. It is best provided 
py a long, low, lean-to roof, on the south side of an east 
and west fence. The sun should, even at noon, reach all 
the ground under the shed. If such a house as we have 
indicated, be built against a hillside, somewhat sunken 
perhaps; and earth banked up against the sides, except 
where windows come, will add greatly to its warmth. 
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CONVENIENT AND CHEAP POULTRY HOUSE. 
Those who need a cheap building, and can do the 
greater part of the work themselves, will find the following 
plan excellent. The center of the building (see fig. 5) 
is 10x10 feet, and is six feet to theeaves. The wings are 
each 8x6x4 feet. Hither of the three parts may be built 
first, and the others may be added from time to time, 
No posts are used in building it. The sills, 3x4 inches 
and 10 feet long, and are mortised and put together i 
place ; the plates, 3x4 inches, and 10 feet long, are put 
