POULTRY ON THE GENERAL FARM 
to accommodate the hens, and let these be on one side of the 
house. The floor under the roosts should be separated from 
the feeding floor by a board set on edge. 
For laying flocks the nests must be clean, secluded and 
plentiful. Boxes under the roost-platform will answer, but 
a better plan is to have the nest upon a shelf along a side 
wall so arranged as to allow the hen to enter from the rear 
side. Nests should be constructed so that all parts are ac- 
cessible to a white-wash brush. The less contrivances in a 
chicken-house, the better. 
The farmer can get along very well without any chicken- 
yard at ali. It will, however, prove a very convenient arrange- 
ment if a small yard is attached to the chicken-house. The 
house should be arranged to open either into the yard or out 
into the range. This yard may be used for fattening chick- 
ens or confining cockerels, or perhaps to enclose the flock 
during the ripening of a favorite tomato or berry crop. 
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