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It is impossible to give special rules for poultry 

 houses and yards, to suit aU tastes and require- 

 ments, without knowing the facility the ground 

 possesses for sucL 



My endeavour is to lay before the reader a 

 few simple plans which may guide the intending 

 poultry keeper, and be the means of insuring the 

 comfort and well-being of the flock. 



I do not consider any one soU necessary for 

 success in rearing poultry. Some think a chalk 

 or gravel soil essential for Dorkings; but I 

 have proved the fallacy of this opinion, by 

 bringing up, during three years, many hundreds 

 of these soi-disant delicate birds on the strong 

 blue clay of the Carse of Gowrie — doubtless. 



