Space Desirable. 



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wonderful how close birds can be kept together without mix- 

 ing one with the other. A short time ago the writer visited a 

 farm where several hundred head of fowls are kept, compris- 

 ing about a dozen pure varieties, and in one field of about 

 ten acres two houses were placed, of course at the extreme 

 limits from each other. In one were Dorkings, and in the 

 other white Leghorns, and though they were in sight of each 

 other, yet they had never been known to mix, nor even to 



Fig. 3. — Range of Poultry Houses and Runs. 



approach sufficiently near to quarrel. Probably each clan 

 felt itself immeasurably superior to its neighbour, and that 

 it would be derogatory to associate with the others; but 

 whatever might be the cause, the effect was satisfactory to the 

 owner. And under such circumstances, namely, where there 

 is an abundance of room, for the farm in question was nearly 

 a thousand acres in extent, the question of runs is easily 

 settled, as even breeding fljeks can be kept unpenned. 



