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used for many purposes, such as for an extra row of hatching 

 boxes, for a row of pens, if exhibition is to b9 attempted, and 

 for surplus birds, or for a place upon which to keep coops 

 and other things, when not in use. The size of the house 

 is a question which must not be ignored. For a yard 

 where a couple of hundred chicks are to be reared, that is, 

 if many early ones are required, it should be twenty-four 

 feet long by ten feet wide. In height it should be seven 

 feet at the highest point, sloping down to three or four 

 feet at the lowest part of the roof. If made of wood it must 

 be kept well whitewashed inside, and painted or tarred out- 

 side, and have proper arrangements for ventilation. As the 

 house will probably be needed in bad weather, the ventila- 

 ting traps should be made to open and close, as suggested 

 in the chapter on Building Poultry Houses. This done, the 

 chicken house will be all ready for its inmates. 



