CONVENIENT AND GOOD POULTRY HOUSES. 1% 
If the top edges of the cap piece are rounded off by a 
plane, the result will be a stiff, strong perch, which will 
not disfigure the breast-bones of fowls, and which will 
‘keep their feet warm. 
This apartment should be cleaned out every morning. 
To do this the perches are taken up, cleaned off with a 
wooden knife or scraper, and set in one corner. The 
roofs of the nest boxes are cleaned off with the same im- 
plement, and after scattering a little of a mixture of road- 
dust and plaster over the floor, all is swept up and put 
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Fig. 4.PLAN OF FOWL HOUSE, 
in a barrel. Then a small layer of dust is scattered over' 
the floor under the roosts, which however are not replaced 
until evening, or say three or four o’clock, when the last 
gathering of eggs is made. 
We have considered the matter of warmth, and inci- 
dentally that of dusting, and in part of cleanliness. The 
day compartment is as light as we can conveniently make 
it. It ought to have a cement, or hard clay floor, well 
pounded down. Cement is preferable. The water foun- 
tain (w) should be cleaned and filled daily. If there is 
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