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posts at the usual distance, providing light top and bot- 

 tom rails, and nailing around the bottom next to the 

 earth a board, above which laths sharpened at one end 

 are used for pickets. This is an economical fence. The 

 best fencing material is the galvanized wire netting, which 

 can be procured of almost any desired width and at 

 very reasonable rates. No fence rails are needed when 

 wire netting is used, but a good, wide bottom board 

 should always be provided. 



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Fig. 3. 



Fig. 6. 



Chicken coops are made of all shapes and sizes, but 

 for general use, expense being taken into consideration, 

 nothing better than the old fashioned "A" coop has been 

 designed: It is well to have a floor inside to raise the 

 chicks above the wet earth — an important matter when a 

 cold storm is in progress. An A-shaped lath run in front of 

 the coop, to enable the hen to get at the earth and into 

 the sun, is desirable. It will be found convenient to 

 have the bottom board of the back of the cqop hung 

 on hinges, so that the breeder can easily reach the hen 

 and chicks whenever he wishes to do so. 



A barrel laid down upon its side and propped up, 

 so as to prevent water from standing in it in case of a 



