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covered with canvas or duck. This curtain is pref- 

 erably hinged at the top and when not in use can 

 be swung up to the roof and hooked out of the way. 

 A few months after the test began the dirt floors 

 in the houses were covered with cement. The 

 house was constructed of rough oak boards and 



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SELF-CLOSING GATE 



Either springs or weiglits may be used. 



roofed with three-ply tarred roofing paper. The 

 contract price for erecting was $200, and the house 

 complete cost about $700. 



The average weight of the pullets when the test 

 began was 2.53 pounds, and the average age about 

 five months, consequently many were not old 

 enough to lay at the beginning of the experiment, 

 and few eggs were obtained during the first two 

 months. The floors were covered with straw litter 



