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These "Crystal Palaces" answer admirably for a 

 brood of early chickens, protecting them from 

 rain, wind, frost, and snow, and affording the ad- 

 vantage of their receiving every ray of sunshine 

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atiamaoie ai ihe season. In this variable climate 

 I never feel confidence in the weather tiU May is 

 out ; before that, it is often damp and chilly. 



The houses are 6 feet high and 4 square ; the 

 yards only 4 feet high, 6 long, and 4 wide. The 

 roofs are wooden, covered with waterproof felt ; 

 ventilation in the houses is secured by small 

 holes pierced in the end, and, on fine days (when 

 the hen is allowed to sally forth with her family), 

 I leave the door open till her return. At all 

 other times it is locked, and the only egress is by 



