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four females and two male birds. They should have 

 yards 50 to 150 feet long, the longer the better, and you 

 should at once set these yards with peach or plum trees 

 for shade, and plow them several times during the sum- 

 mer, if possible. 



You will want a feed-house handy by for feed. You 

 can use your own judgment in building this; size will 

 depend largely on size of plant. I advise a board floor 

 in it, and you can put bins in it and also leave a part for 

 a picking room. 



Now you will want a good brooder-house. The length 

 of this will depend on the size of plant you build or the 

 amount of room you have. It is always best to build 

 too large. I advise a house fully 15 feet wide; would 

 raise it one foot from ground on posts and put in a board 

 floor. Would also board this one foot space with rough 

 boards, and under this floor put a cat, and you will never 

 have a rat in your brooder-house. Can put a window or 

 two so your cat will have some light. I would build this 

 house 7 feet high at north side, and 4j^ feet at south 

 side, a single pitch roof. Put along north side a 3-foot 

 alleyway, and cut your house up in 6-foot pens. They 

 will be 6 by 9 about, outside of hover, and each pen will 

 accommodate one hundred chickens. I advise Cyphers' 

 Heating System, but not the open-top system. Leave 

 one foot only between hover and alleyway. You will 

 want a window in each department ; hang it at bottom as 

 it will open inside. Also put some ventilators along 

 north side of house, and every ten feet just fit in a board 

 3 inches wide 3 feet long, put on hinges and let it open 

 inside of house, and you will find these ventilators very 

 fine in hot weather You will want a slide in every pen 

 for letting chicks outdoors ; also a slide between every pen 

 in house, so you can run chicks right along from one end 

 of house to the other. You should use a lo-inch board to 

 divide all your pens. This will also hold your pipes, and 



