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advantage, as the early chicks require to be attended to late 

 at nights, and very early in the morniugs. The chief danger 

 of this plan is the tainting of the ground resulting from 

 the droppings of the fowls, which is in itself a sure cause 

 of disease, but we shall show how this can be prevented. 



In large yards it is advisable to have a proper chicken 

 establishment, the house of which should always face due 

 south, or nearly so, and as far as is possible be well pro. 

 tected on the north and east either by a wall or thick trees. 

 We shall describe bow this house is to be built in the 

 proper place, but now mention it so that it may not be 

 forgotten, as is too often the case. The run, which should 

 be chiefly grass, requires to be large and roomy, and if it 

 can be placed near the attendant's house, no matter who 

 the attendant may be, it will be all the better. Upon 

 this run the chicken coops will be placed in the breeding 

 season, and the more room that can be given to it the 

 better. The actual size can only be regulated by each in 

 accordance with the special requirements of the case, but 

 we should be inclined to set aside a quarter of an acre for every 

 hundred chicks to be reared in this chicken run, in addition 

 to which other runs will be needed to put the birds in after 

 they leave the hens. Some of the ordinary runs will come 

 in useful for this purpose after the breeding season is over. 



