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HOUSES AND YARDS. 



these traps be made with sliding panels which 

 close, to prevent the fowls having access to the 

 houses whUe the process of cleaning out is going 

 on, and at all times it is requisite to have the 

 means of shutting out the fowls from house or 

 yard, as may be wished. The doors which con- 

 nect house with house should be made to fasten 

 on either side, to guard against the possibility of 

 the different varieties meeting, when the keeper's 

 attention may be engaged in performing any 

 necessary duties in the house, such as arranging 

 straw in the nests, collecting eggs, &c., (fig. 2). 



Qronnd Plan of Poultry Uouaos, 



