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are shipped Ly express, usual])' in 'slatted coops with 

 covered bottom. A reasonable amount of space should 

 he alloTred in the crate. Overcrowded fowls suffer and 

 shrink in weight. 



Coops for live sliipmenis should lie fort_y-eigh{ 

 inches long, thirty inches wide, twelve inclies high for 

 chickens and ducks, and iifteen inches high for turkeys 

 and geese. Use lumber as follows : Use two Ijy two for 

 corner posts or one by two will answer. If you cannot 

 get them, get one liy four and rip tliem in two. Cut si>: 

 pieces thirty inches long, and nine pieces twelve or 

 fifteen inches long, for each coop ; nail the short pieces 

 one at each end; one in the center of the long ones (use 



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tenpenny wrought nails). ?,rake three of these frames, 

 one for each end and the center. For the bottom use 

 one-half-ineh boards or latli, make the Ijottom tight 

 (use sixpenny nails) ; use one-half l)y two-inch strips of 

 lath for sides, ends and top ; put them one and one-half 

 inches apart; the width of lath is about right. Leave 

 two laths loose on top in center, or make a door of thera 

 to open, in order to put ]ioultry in and take it out ; 

 now nail a lath around the coops, each end and the 

 center (outside the three frames made first). This will 

 keep the lath from coming of! and mal\e tlie coops 

 stronger. For broilers tlie coops can lie made ten inches 



