10 A POULTRY COMPENDIUM. 



Convenience should be sought after. "Time is money;" 

 therefore, build so as to save time. A few dollars more 

 spent in making a house convenient is money well in- 

 vested; it will pay large dividends in actual gain, not 

 only of time, but of money itself. For, if things are 

 convenient to clean they will be kept clean, and cleanli- 

 ness is, as we know, absolutely essential to success. 



A cheap and convenient poultry-house, to accommo- 

 date from twelve to twenty fowls, suitable for one or 



A I A 



R R 



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Fig. 1. 



two breeds, may be built as follows: Fig. i represents 

 the ground plan of the house, which is i6 feet long by 

 8 feet wide, making two rooms for the hens, one 6x8 

 and the other 8x8. An entry or hall 2x8 runs along 

 the building, so that doors communicate with both rooms. 

 This hall can be used for the storing of grain, and nest 

 boxes can be arranged along it, so that the eggs can be 

 gathered without entering the room where the fowls are 

 kept: A A represent the small doors through which the 

 fowls pass into their yards. R R represent roosts, and 



